Where does “abilidad” come from?

abilidad (Tagalog) comes from Spanish habilidad, from Latin habilitās, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

abilidad (Tagalog): ability; shrewdness

Definitions

ability; shrewdness

Ancestry of “abilidad”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	habilidad	ability, skill
2	Latin	habilitās	ability, aptitude, fitness
3	Latin	habilis	able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
4	Latin	-ilis	-ile
5	Proto-Italic	-elis	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-elis	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	-lós	Forms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “abilidad”

maabilidad

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin habilis →