Etymology

indocile

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Today it means: Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant. Full definition →

Latin indocilis ← French indocile ← Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  7. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  8. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  9. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  10. Latindoceō
  11. Latindocilis
  12. Latinindocilis
  13. Frenchindocile
  14. Latinindocilis
  15. English todayindocile

From either the French indocile or the Latin indocilis.

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