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Where does “pudency” come from?

pudency (English) comes from Latin pudentia, from Latin pudet — third-person singular present active indicative...

pudency (English): Modesty

Definitions

  1. Modesty

Ancestry of “pudency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpudentianominative neuter plural of pudēns; accusative...
2Latinpudetthird-person singular present active indicative...
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