Etymograph

English

profunda

Profunda comes from Latin profundus ‘deep, profound’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprofundus1‘deep, profound’
  2. Englishtodayprofunda1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English profunda

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprofundusWiktionary, English profunda‘deep, profound’
  2. EnglishtodayprofundaWiktionary, English profunda

A compound of prō ‘for’ + fundus ‘bottom’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward’

Proto-Italic *prō ‘for’

Latin prō ‘for’

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘to sink in’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ‘bottom’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰundʰós

Proto-Italic *fundos

Latin fundus ‘bottom’

Linked words

through Latin profundus ‘deep, profound’

profound, 5 more

Today it means

noun A deep-seated artery, as of the arm, neck, or leg.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “profunda”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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