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Where does “immobile” come from?

immobile (French) comes from Old French immobile, from Latin immobilis, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

immobile (French): motionless, unmoving, still, stationary;...

Definitions

  1. motionless, unmoving, still, stationary;...

Ancestry of “immobile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchimmobile—
2Latinimmobilisimmobile, immovable; unalterable
3Latinmōbilis—
4Latin-bilis-ble
5Proto-Italic-ðlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “immobile”

  • immobilement
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