Where does “profundity” come from?
Profundity comes from English profound plus the suffix -ity, from French -ité, Latin -itas, and Proto-Indo-European -it-, while profound derives from Latin profundus, literally meaning deep or bottom-reaching, from fundus meaning bottom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-.
profundity (English): The state of being profound or abstruse; A great...
Definitions
- The state of being profound or abstruse; A great...
Ancestry of “profundity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profound | Descending far below the surface; opening or... |
| 2 | Middle English | profound | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | profound | Alternative spelling of profont |
| 4 | Old French | profont | deep; deep; profound |
| 5 | Old French | parfont | Alternative form of profont |
| 6 | Latin | profundus | deep, profound; intense, extreme, profound;... |
| 7 | Latin | prō | for |
| 8 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 9 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |