Where does “licensing” come from?
Licensing derives from English license, from Old French licence, from Latin licentia meaning permission, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leyk- meaning to leave or allow.
licensing (English): present participle of license; A giving of...
Definitions
- present participle of license; A giving of...
Ancestry of “licensing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | license | A legal document giving official permission to do... |
| 2 | English | ls | Initialism of letterspacing; plural of l |
Words derived from “licensing”