Where does “puerile” come from?

Puerile comes from Latin puerilis, formed from Latin puerī (boy) and the Latin suffix -ilis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ph₂weros and the suffix -lós.

puerile (English): Childish; trifling; silly; Characteristic of, or...

Definitions

  1. Childish; trifling; silly; Characteristic of, or...

Ancestry of “puerile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpuerīlisboyish, youthful
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “puerile”

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