Where does “perfilar” come from?
perfilar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese perfil, from Spanish perfil, from Old Occitan perfil, from Old Occitan perfilar, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum — he, she.
perfilar (Portuguese): to profile; to outline; to line up; to stand up...
Definitions
- to profile; to outline; to line up; to stand up...
Ancestry of “perfilar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | perfil | profile |
| 2 | Spanish | perfil | profile; side view; side-on view; profile;... |
| 3 | Old Occitan | perfil | — |
| 4 | Old Occitan | perfilar | — |
| 5 | Italian | profilare | to outline; to edge; to shape |
| 6 | Italian | filare | to spin; to draw; to pay out |
| 7 | Italian | filo | thread; yarn; string |
| 8 | Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |