Where does “reprofilare” come from?
reprofilare (Romanian) comes from Romanian reprofila, from Romanian profila, from French profiler, from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo — he, she.
reprofilare (Romanian): reshaping
Definitions
- reshaping
Ancestry of “reprofilare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | reprofila | to reconvert, to reorientate |
| 2 | Romanian | profila | to profile |
| 3 | French | profiler | To profile |
| 4 | French | profil | profile |
| 5 | Italian | profilo | profile; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 6 | Italian | profilare | to outline; to edge; to shape |
| 7 | Italian | filare | to spin; to draw; to pay out |
| 8 | Italian | filo | thread; yarn; string |
| 9 | Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 15 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |