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Where does “Profil” come from?

Profil (German) comes from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον, from Ancient Greek φύω — he, she.

Profil (German): profile

Definitions

  1. profile

Ancestry of “Profil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprofilprofile
2Italianprofiloprofile; first-person singular present indicative...
3Italianprofilareto outline; to edge; to shape
4Italianfilareto spin; to draw; to pay out
5Italianfilothread; yarn; string
6Latinphylumphylum
7Ancient Greekφῦλονa set of people or other beings; sex; nation,...
8Ancient GreekφύωTo bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHyétito be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “Profil”

  • profil
  • profilban
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