Where does “-ilis” come from?

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

-ilis (Latin): -ile

Definitions

  1. -ile

Ancestry of “-ilis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-elis—
2Proto-Indo-European-elis—
3Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “-ilis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →