Where does “Zivildienstleistender” come from?

Zivildienstleistender (German) comes from German Zivildienst, from German Zivil, 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.

Zivildienstleistender (German): a person carrying out civilian service in lieu of military service

Definitions

  1. a person carrying out civilian service in lieu of military service

Ancestry of “Zivildienstleistender”, step by step

Zivildienstleistender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zivildienst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZivildienstcivilian service in lieu of military service
2GermanZivilplain clothes
3Frenchcivilcivil; lay; civilian
4Latincīvīlis—
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via German leistend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanleistend—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin cīvīlis →