Where does “-ilis” come from?

-ilis (New Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

-ilis (New Latin): -ile

Definitions

  1. -ile

Ancestry of “-ilis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-elis
2Proto-Indo-European-elis
3Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Proto-Italic -elisEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -elis
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