Where does “caciquil” come from?

caciquil (Spanish) comes from Spanish -il, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

caciquil (Spanish): chieftain, cacique

Definitions

  1. chieftain, cacique

Ancestry of “caciquil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-il-ile
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
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