Where does “servile” come from?

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

servile (French): servile, slavish, subservient

Definitions

  1. servile, slavish, subservient

Ancestry of “servile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinservīlisslave; slavish
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “servile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →