Where does “llicenciat” come from?
llicenciat (Catalan) comes from Catalan llicenciar, from Catalan llicència, from Latin licentia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
llicenciat (Catalan): a person with a bachelor's degree
Definitions
- a person with a bachelor's degree
Ancestry of “llicenciat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | llicenciar | to license |
| 2 | Catalan | llicència | permission |
| 3 | Latin | licentia | a license, freedom, liberty; a liberty which one... |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |