English
profligatory
From profligate + -ory.
Formed from profligate + -ory
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- ‘to shine’
Latin flīgō ‘to strike, strike down’
Latin prōflīgō ‘to strike down, cast down’
Latin prōflīgātus
English profligate
Today it means
adj Tending to or encouraging wastefulness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / profligatory