Where does “servil” come from?

servil (Romanian) comes from French servile, 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 (Romanian): servile

Definitions

  1. servile

Ancestry of “servil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchservileservile, slavish, subservient
2Latinservīlisslave; slavish
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 →