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Where does “licentia” come from?

licentia (Latin) comes from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

licentia (Latin): a license, freedom, liberty; a liberty which one...

Definitions

  1. a license, freedom, liberty; a liberty which one...

Ancestry of “licentia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
2Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
3Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “licentia”

  • license
  • licensing
  • licence
  • licensee
  • licentious
  • licentiousness
  • licensor
  • licensable
  • sublicense
  • licentiously
  • licencee
  • sublicensee
  • relicense
  • sublicensable
  • crosslicense
  • prelicensing
  • delicense
  • sublicensor
  • sublicence
  • unlicentious
  • licenseless
  • unlicense
  • multilicence
  • multilicense
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