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Where does “profundicate” come from?

profundicate (English) comes from Latin profundus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

profundicate (English): To make profound; to make a concept unnecessarily...

Definitions

  1. To make profound; to make a concept unnecessarily...

Ancestry of “profundicate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprofundusdeep, profound; intense, extreme, profound;...
2Latinprō—
3Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
4Latinrēōr—
5Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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