Where does “ċivilista” come from?

ċivilista (Maltese) comes from Italian civilista, from Italian civile, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ċivilista (Maltese): civil lawyer

Definitions

  1. civil lawyer

Ancestry of “ċivilista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancivilistacivil lawyer; expert in civil law
2Italiancivilecivil; civilian; civilized, polite
3Latincīvīlis—
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin cīvīlis →