Where does “civil” come from?

civil (Czech) comes from German Zivil, from 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 (Czech): civilian

Definitions

  1. civilian

Ancestry of “civil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZivilplain clothes
2Frenchcivilcivil; lay; civilian
3Latincīvīlis—
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin cīvīlis →