myEtymology.com: English etymology of profligacy

Etymology of the English word profligacy

the English word profligacy

derived from the English word profligate

derived from the Latin word profligatus (profligate, depraved)

derived from the Latin word profligare (overthrow, rout)

derived from the New Latin word pro-

using the Greek prefix pro-, προ- (before)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per

using the English suffix -acy

Word found in Modern English