Where does “gatil” come from?

gatil (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -il, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

gatil (Portuguese): a kennel for cats

Definitions

  1. a kennel for cats

Ancestry of “gatil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-il-ile
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 Portuguese -il →