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Where does “imperfecto” come from?

imperfecto (Spanish) comes from Latin imperfectus, from Latin perfectus, from Latin perficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

imperfecto (Spanish): imperfect

Definitions

  1. imperfect

Ancestry of “imperfecto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimperfectusunfinished, incomplete; imperfect
2Latinperfectusachieved, executed, carried out, finished,...
3Latinperficiō—
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “imperfecto”

  • imperfectamente
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