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