Etymology Explorer › Norwegian Bokmål

Where does “mobil” come from?

mobil (Norwegian Bokmål) 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;...

mobil (Norwegian Bokmål): mobile; cell phone, mobile

Definitions

  1. mobile; cell phone, mobile

Ancestry of “mobil”, 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 “mobil”

  • mobiltelefon
  • mobile
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