Where does “self-deficient” come from?
self-deficient (English) comes from English deficient, from Latin dēficiens, from Latin deficere, from Latin defectus, from Latin deficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
self-deficient (English): deficient in itself; not whole or complete;...
Definitions
- deficient in itself; not whole or complete;...
Ancestry of “self-deficient”, step by step
self-deficient traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deficient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deficient | Lacking something essential; "often construed... |
| 2 | Latin | dēficiens | failing, disappointing |
| 3 | Latin | deficere | present active infinitive of dēficiō;... |
| 4 | Latin | defectus | failure; absence; weakness, failing, defect |
| 5 | Latin | deficio | I withdraw; I forsake, desert or abandon; I fail,... |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English Self
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 2 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 3 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |