Where does “proficere” come from?
proficere (Latin) comes 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.
proficere (Latin): present active infinitive of prōficiō; to go...
Definitions
- present active infinitive of prōficiō; to go...
Ancestry of “proficere”, step by step
proficere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin facere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | facere | present active infinitive of faciō; do, make; to... |
| 2 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Latin pro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pro | + "ablative"; for; on behalf of, in the interest... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |