Where does “perfince” come from?
perfince (Old English) comes from Latin pervinca, from Latin vinciō, from Proto-Indo-European wi-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
Ancestry of “perfince”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | pervinca | — |
| 2 | Latin | vinciō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wi-n-k- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
Words derived from “perfince”