Where does “indócil” come from?

indócil (Spanish) comes from Latin indocilis, 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.

indócil (Spanish): undocile

Definitions

  1. undocile

Ancestry of “indócil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinindocilisunteachable; ignorant
2Latindocilisdocile, teachable; manageable, tractable;...
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 docilis →