Where does “senile” come from?

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

senile (Old French): relating to old age

Definitions

  1. relating to old age

Ancestry of “senile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsenīlischaracteristic of or pertaining to old people; aged or elderly; senile
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “senile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin senīlis →
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