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Where does “deficiente” come from?

deficiente (Italian) comes from Latin dēficiens, from Latin deficere, from Latin defectus, from Latin deficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

deficiente (Italian): deficient; half-witted; half-wit

Definitions

  1. deficient; half-witted; half-wit

Ancestry of “deficiente”, step by step

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

Words derived from “deficiente”

  • immunodeficiente
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