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
- profitable; advantageous
Ancestry of “proficuo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | proficuus | beneficial, helpful, useful |
| 2 | Latin | proficere | present active infinitive of prōficiō; to go... |
| 3 | Latin | facere | present active infinitive of faciō; do, make; to... |
| 4 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |