Where does “reprofila” come from?
reprofila (Romanian) comes from Romanian profila, from French profiler, from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum — he, she.
reprofila (Romanian): to reconvert, to reorientate
Definitions
- to reconvert, to reorientate
Ancestry of “reprofila”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | profila | to profile |
| 2 | French | profiler | To profile |
| 3 | French | profil | profile |
| 4 | Italian | profilo | profile; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 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 |