Where does “inefficace” come from?
inefficace (Italian) comes from Latin inefficax, from Latin efficāx, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
inefficace (Italian): ineffectual, ineffective, inefficacious
Definitions
- ineffectual, ineffective, inefficacious
Ancestry of “inefficace”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | inefficax | ineffectual, inefficient |
| 2 | Latin | efficāx | — |
| 3 | Latin | efficiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
Words derived from “inefficace”