Where does “civil” come from?

civil (Cornish) 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.

civil (Cornish): civil

Definitions

  1. civil

Ancestry of “civil”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós