Where does “habile” come from?

habile (French) comes from Old French habile, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

habile (French): adroit, skillful; slick, nifty

Definitions

  1. adroit, skillful; slick, nifty

Ancestry of “habile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchhabile—
2Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “habile”

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