Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “mobile” come from?

mobile (Middle French) comes from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Ancestry of “mobile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmōbilis—
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlis—
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “mobile”

  • mobiel
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