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Where does “unproficiency” come from?

unproficiency (English) comes from English proficiency, from Latin proficiens, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

unproficiency (English): Lack of proficiency

Definitions

  1. Lack of proficiency

Ancestry of “unproficiency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproficiencyAbility, skill, competence
2Latinproficiensadvancing etc
3LatinproficioI advance, make progress, make headway; I...
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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