Where does “immobilité” come from?

immobilité (French) comes from French mobilité, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

immobilité (French): immobility, stillness

Definitions

  1. immobility, stillness

Ancestry of “immobilité”, step by step

immobilité traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French mobilité

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmobilitémobility
2French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
3Latin-īta
4Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
5Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
6Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
7Proto-Hellenic-tāts
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via French immobile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimmobilemotionless, unmoving, still, stationary;...
2Old Frenchimmobile
3Latinimmobilisimmobile, immovable; unalterable
4Latinmōbilismovable, loose
5Latin-bilis-ble
6Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τηςEvery word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της