Where does “perfunctoriness” come from?
perfunctoriness (English) comes from English perfunctory, from Latin perfunctōrius, from Latin perfungor, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
perfunctoriness (English): The state or characteristic of being perfunctory
Definitions
- The state or characteristic of being perfunctory
Ancestry of “perfunctoriness”, step by step
perfunctoriness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perfunctory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perfunctory | Done only to fulfil a duty, or in a careless or... |
| 2 | Latin | perfunctōrius | careless, negligent |
| 3 | Latin | perfungor | I fulfil, perform, discharge; I undergo, endure |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |