Where does “profond” come from?
profond (Middle French) comes from Old French profont, from Old French parfont, from Latin profundus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
profond (Middle French): deep; bottom
Definitions
- deep; bottom
Ancestry of “profond”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | profont | deep; deep; profound |
| 2 | Old French | parfont | Alternative form of profont |
| 3 | Latin | profundus | deep, profound; intense, extreme, profound;... |
| 4 | Latin | prō | for |
| 5 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 6 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |