Where does “xil” come from?
xil (Volapük) comes from French exil, from Old French eissil, from Latin exilium, from Latin exsilium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
xil (Volapük): exile
Definitions
- exile
Ancestry of “xil”, step by step
xil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French exil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | exil | exile |
| 2 | Old French | eissil | — |
| 3 | Latin | exilium | Alternative form of exsilium; state of exile |
| 4 | Latin | exsilium | exile, banishment; place of exile, retreat;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |