Where does “profil” come from?
profil (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον, from Ancient Greek φύω — he, she.
profil (Norwegian Nynorsk): a profile
Ancestry of “profil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | profil | profile |
| 2 | Italian | profilo | profile; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Italian | profilare | to outline; to edge; to shape |
| 4 | Italian | filare | to spin; to draw; to pay out |
| 5 | Italian | filo | thread; yarn; string |
| 6 | Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |