Where does “perfil” come from?
perfil (Portuguese) comes from Spanish perfil, from Old Occitan perfil, from Old Occitan perfilar, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον — he, she.
perfil (Portuguese): profile
Ancestry of “perfil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | perfil | profile; side view; side-on view; profile;... |
| 2 | Old Occitan | perfil | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | perfilar | — |
| 4 | Italian | profilare | to outline; to edge; to shape |
| 5 | Italian | filare | to spin; to draw; to pay out |
| 6 | Italian | filo | thread; yarn; string |
| 7 | Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “perfil”