profound

profound · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
5. Proto-Italic*pro-
6. Latinprō-
7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ-?
8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰmḗn
9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰnós
10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰundʰós
11. Proto-Italic*fundos
12. Latinfundus
13. Latinprofundus
14. Old Frenchparfont
15. Old Frenchprofont
16. Middle Englishprofounde
17. English todayprofound

From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”).

profound · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
5. Proto-Italic*pro-
6. Latinprō-
7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ-?
8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰmḗn
9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰnós
10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰundʰós
11. Proto-Italic*fundos
12. Latinfundus
13. Latinprofundus
14. Old Frenchparfont
15. Old Frenchprofont
16. Middle Frenchprofond
17. Middle Frenchprofonder
18. Middle Englishprofounden
19. English todayprofound

Inherited from Middle English profounden, from Middle French profonder (from profond) and Medieval Latin profundāre (from profundus).

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