Where does “noble” come from?

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

noble (Middle French): noble

Definitions

  1. noble

Ancestry of “noble”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōbilisnoble, high-born
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →Every word from Latin -bilis →Every word from Latin nōbilis →