Where does “proficiency” come from?
Proficiency comes from Latin proficientem, the present participle of proficere meaning to make progress, from facere to do or make, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European roots bʰuH-, dʰeh₁-, and pr̥tós.
proficiency (English): Ability, skill, competence
Definitions
- Ability, skill, competence
Ancestry of “proficiency”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | proficiens | advancing etc |
| 2 | Latin | proficio | I advance, make progress, make headway; I... |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |