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Where does “res publica” come from?

res publica (English) comes from Latin rēs publica.

res publica (English): The common good, as identified with the wider...

Definitions

  1. The common good, as identified with the wider...

Ancestry of “res publica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrēs publica—
Every word from Latin rēs publica →