Where does “civil” come from?

civil (Romanian) comes from French civil, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

civil (Romanian): civil; civilian

Definitions

  1. civil; civilian

Ancestry of “civil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcivilcivil; lay; civilian
2Latincīvīlis—
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “civil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →