Where does “hostile” come from?

hostile (French) comes from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

hostile (French): hostile; unfriendly

Definitions

  1. hostile; unfriendly

Ancestry of “hostile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchhostile—
2Latinhostīlishostile
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “hostile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →