Where does “pueril” come from?

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

pueril (Romanian): childish

Definitions

  1. childish

Ancestry of “pueril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpuérilchildlike; puerile, childish, immature
2Latinpuerīlisboyish, youthful
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin puerīlis →