Where does “hostile” come from?

hostile (Middle French) comes from Latin hostīlis, 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 “hostile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhostīlishostile
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “hostile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →