Where does “ostile” come from?

ostile (Italian) comes from Latin hostīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ostile (Italian): enemy; hostile

Definitions

  1. enemy; hostile

Ancestry of “ostile”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ostile”

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