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Where does “proficuo” come from?

proficuo (Italian) comes from Latin proficuus, from Latin proficere, from Latin facere, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

proficuo (Italian): profitable; advantageous

Definitions

  1. profitable; advantageous

Ancestry of “proficuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinproficuus—
2Latinproficerepresent active infinitive of prōficiō; to go...
3Latinfacerepresent active infinitive of faciō; do, make; to...
4LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
5Proto-Italicfakjōto make
6Proto-Italic*θakjō—
7Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “proficuo”

  • proficuità
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →