Where does “профильный” come from?
профильный (Russian) comes from Russian про́филь, from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον — he, she.
профильный (Russian): profile; main, core
Definitions
- profile; main, core
Ancestry of “профильный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | про́филь | profile (various senses) |
| 2 | French | profil | profile |
| 3 | Italian | profilo | profile; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 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 |