Where does “civil” come from?

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

civil (Spanish): civil all senses

Definitions

  1. civil all senses

Ancestry of “civil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincīvīlis
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis
4Proto-Indo-European-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “civil

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós