docility

/dɒˈsɪləti/dah-SIH-luh-tee

/dɑˈsɪləti/dah-SIH-luh-tee

Meaningbeing docile

Common meaning: meekness

docto teachLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 605 (approximate) · scan
iladjective ending: relating to
itynoun ending: being so, the quality of

Journey through time

Proto-Indo-European*da-‘know’source
Latindoceō, docuī, doctum‘to teach’
Frenchdocile
Englishdocile‘meek and easy to manage’
Englishformed in English from dociledocility‘meekness’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Formed in English from docile + -ity.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DOCILE, p.175 · scan

Roots

doceō, docuī, doctum Latin “to teach”

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