Where does “indecência” come from?
indecência (Galician) comes from Galician decência, from Latin decentia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
indecência (Galician): indecency
Definitions
- indecency
Ancestry of “indecência”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | decência | decency the quality of being decent |
| 2 | Latin | decentia | decency, comeliness, becomingness; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |