Where does “servile” come from?

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

servile (Latin): like a slave, slavishly, servilely; nominative...

Definitions

  1. like a slave, slavishly, servilely; nominative...

Ancestry of “servile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinservilisslave; slavish; servile
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Proto-Italic -elis →