Where does “ċiviltà” come from?

ċiviltà (Maltese) comes from Italian civiltà, from Latin civilitas, 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.

ċiviltà (Maltese): civility

Definitions

  1. civility

Ancestry of “ċiviltà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianciviltàcivilization; civility, courtesy
2Latincivilitaspolitics, the art/practice of government;...
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 →