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Where does “evidència” come from?

evidència (Catalan) comes from Latin evidentia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

evidència (Catalan): evidence

Definitions

  1. evidence

Ancestry of “evidència”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinevidentiaevidence; obviousness; vividness
2Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “evidència”

  • evidenciar
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