Where does “indocile” come from?

indocile (English) comes from French indocile, from Latin indocilis, from Latin docilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

indocile (English): Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable...

Definitions

  1. Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable...

Ancestry of “indocile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchindocileindocile
2Latinindocilisunteachable; ignorant
3Latindocilisdocile, teachable; manageable, tractable;...
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “indocile”

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