Where does “indocility” come from?
indocility (English) comes from English indocile, 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.
indocility (English): the quality or condition of being indocile
Definitions
- the quality or condition of being indocile
Ancestry of “indocility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | indocile | Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable... |
| 2 | French | indocile | indocile |
| 3 | Latin | indocilis | unteachable; ignorant |
| 4 | Latin | docilis | docile, teachable; manageable, tractable;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |