Where does “volatil” come from?

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

volatil (French): volatile; flying, volant; evanescent

Definitions

  1. volatile; flying, volant; evanescent

Ancestry of “volatil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvolātilisflying, winged
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “volatil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin volātilis →