de profundis

de profundis · adverb, proper noun¹

1. Latin · borrowed fromde profundis“from the depths”
2. English todayde profundis

Borrowed from Latin de profundis (“from the depths”), first words of Psalm 130.

De Profundis · proper noun²

1. Latin · derived fromdē profundīs“out of the depths”
2. Middle English · inherited fromDe Profundis
3. English todayDe Profundis

From Middle English De Profundis, De profundis, deprofundis, deprovundis, from Latin dē profundīs (“out of the depths”), the first two words of the Latin version of the 130th Psalm.

De profundis · proper noun³

From the Latin introit of the psalm.