Where does “penile” come from?

Penile comes from Latin -ilis, derived from Proto-Indo-European pes- meaning foot, through the diminutive formation pes-ni-s and the adjectival suffix -lós.

penile (English): Pertaining to the penis

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the penis

Ancestry of “penile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-iletending to, or capable of
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “penile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from English -ile →
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