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.
perfunctoriness (English): The state or characteristic of being perfunctory
Definitions
- The state or characteristic of being perfunctory
Ancestry of “perfunctoriness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | perfunctory | Done only to fulfil a duty, or in a careless or... |
| 2 | Latin | perfunctōrius | — |
| 3 | Latin | perfungor | I fulfil, perform, discharge; I undergo, endure |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 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 | — |