Where does “puerile” come from?

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

puerile (Italian): puerile, childish, juvenile, boyish

Definitions

  1. puerile, childish, juvenile, boyish

Ancestry of “puerile”, step by step

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

Words derived from “puerile”

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