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Where does “proficuus” come from?

proficuus (Latin) comes 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.

Ancestry of “proficuus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “proficuus”

  • proficuous
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