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Where does “docilitas” come from?

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

docilitas (Latin): docility; gentleness

Definitions

  1. docility; gentleness

Ancestry of “docilitas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindocilisdocile, teachable; manageable, tractable;...
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “docilitas”

  • docility
  • undocility
  • docilidad
  • docilità
  • indocilité
  • docilité
  • docilité
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