Where does “unprofitability” come from?
unprofitability (English) comes from English profitability, from English profitable, from Old French profitable, from Old French able, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
unprofitability (English): The state or condition of being unprofitable
Definitions
- The state or condition of being unprofitable
Ancestry of “unprofitability”, step by step
unprofitability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English profitability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profitability | The quality or state of being profitable;... |
| 2 | English | profitable | Producing a profit |
| 3 | Old French | profitable | useful; usable; that one can make use of |
| 4 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |