Where does “civil” come from?

civil (Hungarian) comes 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.

civil (Hungarian): civilian not related to the military, police or other governmental professions

Definitions

  1. civilian not related to the military, police or other governmental professions

Ancestry of “civil”, step by step

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

Words derived from “civil”

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