myEtymology.com: English etymology of profligate

Etymology of the English word profligate

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

Word found in Modern English