Where does “llicenciatura” come from?

llicenciatura (Catalan) comes from Catalan llicenciat, 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.

llicenciatura (Catalan): bachelor's degree

Definitions

  1. bachelor's degree

Ancestry of “llicenciatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanllicenciata person with a bachelor's degree
2Catalanllicenciarto license
3Catalanllicènciapermission
4Latinlicentiaa license, freedom, liberty; a liberty which one...
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iaEvery word from Latin -ius