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Where does “سول” come from?

سول (Arabic) comes from English civil, from Middle English cyvyl, from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

سول (Arabic): to entice, to tempt, to make covet

Definitions

  1. to entice, to tempt, to make covet

Ancestry of “سول”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcivilHaving to do with people and government office as...
2Middle Englishcyvyl—
3Old Frenchcivil—
4Latincīvīlis—
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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