Where does “profil” come from?
profil (Indonesian) comes from Dutch profiel, from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον — he, she.
profil (Indonesian): profile
Definitions
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Ancestry of “profil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | profiel | profile (such as an online profile) |
| 2 | French | profil | profile |
| 3 | Italian | profilo | profile; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Italian | profilare | to outline; to edge; to shape |
| 5 | Italian | filare | to spin; to draw; to pay out |
| 6 | Italian | filo | thread; yarn; string |
| 7 | Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |