Where does “unproficient” come from?
unproficient (English) comes from English proficient, from Latin proficiens, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
unproficient (English): Not proficient
Definitions
- Not proficient
Ancestry of “unproficient”, step by step
unproficient traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English proficient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proficient | Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced,... |
| 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 |