Where does “dócil” come from?

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

dócil (Spanish): docile

Definitions

  1. docile

Ancestry of “dócil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindocilisdocile, teachable; manageable, tractable;...
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis
4Proto-Indo-European-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “dócil

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin docilis
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