Where does “sicilicus” come from?

sicilicus (English) comes from Latin sicilicus, from Latin sīcīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

sicilicus (English): A unit of weight equal to one quarter of an...

Definitions

  1. A unit of weight equal to one quarter of an...

Ancestry of “sicilicus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsicilicusa sicilicus; any other units that are 1/48 of...
2Latinsīcīlissickle
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →