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
- Lack of proficiency
Ancestry of “unproficiency”, step by step
unproficiency traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English proficiency
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proficiency | Ability, skill, competence |
| 2 | Latin | proficiens | advancing etc |
| 3 | Latin | proficio | I advance, make progress, make headway; I... |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |