Where does “volatilize” come from?

volatilize (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese volatilizar, from Portuguese volátil, from Latin volātilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

volatilize (Portuguese): first-person singular present subjunctive of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “volatilize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesevolatilizarto volatilize, vapourize
2Portuguesevolátilvolatile; unstable; volatile; temporary;...
3Latinvolātilisflying, winged
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin volātilis →