Where does “proficuously” come from?

proficuously (English) comes from English proficuous, from Latin proficuus, from Latin proficere, from Latin facere, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti — to do, put, place.

proficuously (English): In a proficuous manner

Definitions

  1. In a proficuous manner

Ancestry of “proficuously”, step by step

proficuously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English proficuous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproficuousUseful or profitable
2Latinproficuusbeneficial, helpful, useful
3Latinproficerepresent active infinitive of prōficiō; to go...
4Latinfacerepresent active infinitive of faciō; do, make; to...
5LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
6Proto-Italicfakjōto make
7Proto-Italic*θakjō
8Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-