Etymology Explorer › Old Portuguese

Where does “movil” come from?

movil (Old Portuguese) 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;...

Ancestry of “movil”, 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 “movil”

  • antiautomóveis
  • automóvel
  • telemóvel
  • automóveis
  • móvel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →