Where does “servil” come from?

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

servil (Portuguese): servile; subservient

Definitions

  1. servile; subservient

Ancestry of “servil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinservīlisslave; slavish
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “servil”

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