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Where does “indocile” come from?

indocile (French) comes from Latin indocilis, 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.

Ancestry of “indocile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinindocilisunteachable; ignorant
2Latindocilisdocile, teachable; manageable, tractable;...
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “indocile”

  • indocile
  • indocility
  • indocilement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →