Where does “volubile” come from?

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

volubile (French): inconstant, changeable, variable

Definitions

  1. inconstant, changeable, variable

Ancestry of “volubile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvolūbilis—
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “volubile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →Every word from Latin -bilis →Every word from Latin volūbilis →
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