Where does “pueril” come from?

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

pueril (Catalan): puerile, childish

Definitions

  1. puerile, childish

Ancestry of “pueril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpuerīlisboyish, youthful
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 puerīlis →