Where does “xi-vin” come from?

xi-vin (Vietnamese) comes from French civil, 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.

xi-vin (Vietnamese): civil

Definitions

  1. civil

Ancestry of “xi-vin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcivilcivil; lay; civilian
2Latincīvīlis
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
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