Where does “profond” come from?
profond (French) comes from Middle French profond, from Old French profont, from Old French parfont, from Latin profundus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
profond (French): deep; profound; rural, small-town, provincial,...
Definitions
- deep; profound; rural, small-town, provincial,...
Ancestry of “profond”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | profond | deep; bottom |
| 2 | Old French | profont | deep; deep; profound |
| 3 | Old French | parfont | Alternative form of profont |
| 4 | Latin | profundus | deep, profound; intense, extreme, profound;... |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |