Indecency comes from Latin indecentia, formed from the prefix in- and decentia (propriety, fitness), which derives from the Proto-Indo-European root deḱ- meaning to take or receive.
indecency (English): lack of decency; the property or degree of being...
Definitions
lack of decency; the property or degree of being...
Ancestry of “indecency”, step by step
indecency traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.