Where does “civil” come from?

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

civil (Occitan): civil

Definitions

  1. civil

Ancestry of “civil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincīvīlis—
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin cīvīlis →
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