Where does “illicit” come from?

Illicit comes from French illicite, from Latin illicitus, composed of the Latin prefix in- (not) and Latin licitus (lawful), ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European ne (not).

illicit (English): Not approved by law, but not invalid; Breaking...

Definitions

Not approved by law, but not invalid; Breaking...

Ancestry of “illicit”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	illicite	illicit
2	Latin	illicitus	forbidden, unlawful, illegal, illicit
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “illicit”

illicitly
illicitness

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →