Where does “civil” come from?

civil (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French civil, 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.

Ancestry of “civil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcivil
2Latincīvīlis
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “civil

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin cīvīlis
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