Where does “ùmili” come from?

ùmili (Sicilian) comes from Latin humilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ùmili (Sicilian): humble

Definitions

  1. humble

Ancestry of “ùmili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhumilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,...
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin humilis →