Where does “undocility” come from?
undocility (English) comes from English docility, from Middle French docilité, from Latin docilitas, 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.
undocility (English): The quality of not being docile
Definitions
- The quality of not being docile
Ancestry of “undocility”, step by step
undocility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English docility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | docility | The quality of being docile |
| 2 | Middle French | docilité | — |
| 3 | Latin | docilitas | docility; gentleness |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |