Where does “dòcil” come from?

dòcil (Catalan) comes from Latin docilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

dòcil (Catalan): docile

Definitions

  1. docile

Ancestry of “dòcil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindocilisdocile, teachable; manageable, tractable;...
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin docilis →
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