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Where does “perfectus” come from?

perfectus (Latin) comes from Latin perficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

perfectus (Latin): achieved, executed, carried out, finished,...

Definitions

  1. achieved, executed, carried out, finished,...

Ancestry of “perfectus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinperficiō—
2Latinfaciō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “perfectus”

  • perfect
  • perfectly
  • perfectness
  • parfait
  • perfectible
  • perfecter
  • perfecto
  • perfectest
  • perfectability
  • unperfect
  • nonperfect
  • perfector
  • perfecteth
  • imperfectability
  • preterperfect
  • unperfectness
  • imperfectible
  • quasiperfect
  • superperfect
  • semiperfect
  • perfectitude
  • hyperperfect
  • perfectamundo
  • self-perfect
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