Where does “racial profiler” come from?
racial profiler (English) comes from English profiler, from English profile, from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum — he, she.
racial profiler (English): A person who engages in racial profiling
Definitions
- A person who engages in racial profiling
Ancestry of “racial profiler”, step by step
racial profiler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English profiler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profiler | A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular... |
| 2 | English | profile | The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object;... |
| 3 | French | profil | profile |
| 4 | Italian | profilo | profile; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Italian | profilare | to outline; to edge; to shape |
| 6 | Italian | filare | to spin; to draw; to pay out |
| 7 | Italian | filo | thread; yarn; string |
| 8 | Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English racial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | racial | Of or relating to a race; A skill possessed by... |
| 2 | English | race | A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc.... |
| 3 | Middle French | race | race; breed |
| 4 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 5 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 6 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 7 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 8 | English | -án | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 9 | Middle English | -an | — |