Where does “profitlessly” come from?
profitlessly (English) comes from English profitless, from English profit, from Middle English profit, from Old French profit, from Latin profectus, from Latin proficiscor, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō.
profitlessly (English): In a profitless manner
Definitions
- In a profitless manner
Ancestry of “profitlessly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profitless | not yielding profit |
| 2 | English | profit | Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The... |
| 3 | Middle English | profit | — |
| 4 | Old French | profit | — |
| 5 | Latin | profectus | advance, progress, effect, increase, growth,... |
| 6 | Latin | proficiscor | I set out, depart, leave |
| 7 | Latin | proficio | I advance, make progress, make headway; I... |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |