Where does “Zivil” come from?

Zivil (German) comes from French civil, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Zivil (German): plain clothes

Definitions

  1. plain clothes

Ancestry of “Zivil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcivilcivil; lay; civilian
2Latincīvīlis—
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “Zivil”

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