Where does “volatile” come from?

volatile (Middle French) comes from Latin volātilis, 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 “volatile”, step by step

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

Words derived from “volatile

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós