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Where does “déficience” come from?

déficience (French) comes from Latin deficientia, from Latin dēficiens, from Latin deficere, from Latin defectus, from Latin deficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

déficience (French): deficiency

Definitions

  1. deficiency

Ancestry of “déficience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindeficientiadeficiency, want; nominative neuter plural of...
2Latindēficiens—
3Latindeficerepresent active infinitive of dēficiō;...
4Latindefectusfailure; absence; weakness, failing, defect
5LatindeficioI withdraw; I forsake, desert or abandon; I fail,...
6Latinfaciō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “déficience”

  • immunodéficience
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