Where does “volatil” come from?

volatil (Romanian) comes from French volatil, 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.

volatil (Romanian): volatile

Definitions

  1. volatile

Ancestry of “volatil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvolatilvolatile; flying, volant; evanescent
2Latinvolātilisflying, winged
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 volātilis →