Where does “mobile” come from?
mobile (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mobil, 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;...
mobile (Norwegian Bokmål): definite singular of mobil; plural of mobil
Definitions
- definite singular of mobil; plural of mobil
Ancestry of “mobile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mobil | mobile; cell phone, mobile |
| 2 | Latin | mōbilis | — |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |