Where does “volàtil” come from?

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

volàtil (Catalan): volatile

Definitions

  1. volatile

Ancestry of “volàtil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvolātilisflying, winged
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 volātilis →