Where does “mendicant” come from?

mendicant (Catalan) comes from Latin mendīcāns — begging, asking for alms.

mendicant (Catalan): mendicant

Definitions

  1. mendicant

Ancestry of “mendicant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmendīcānsbegging, asking for alms
Every word from Latin mendīcāns →