Etymology

docility

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Today it means: The quality of being docile. Full definition →

Middle French docilité ← Latin docilitas ← Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  4. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  5. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  6. Latindoceō
  7. Latindocilis
  8. Latindocilitas
  9. Middle Frenchdocilité
  10. English todaydocility

From Middle French docilité, from Latin docilitas.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.