Where does “habil” come from?

habil (Danish) comes from French habile, from Old French habile, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

habil (Danish): capable, competent, able, proficient

Definitions

  1. capable, competent, able, proficient

Ancestry of “habil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhabileadroit, skillful; slick, nifty
2Old Frenchhabile—
3Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “habil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin habilis →