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Where does “licet” come from?

licet (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *likēt.

licet (Latin): it is allowed; one is permitted; although, even...

Definitions

  1. it is allowed; one is permitted; although, even...

Ancestry of “licet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*likēt—

Words derived from “licet”

  • license
  • leisure
  • licensing
  • licence
  • leisurely
  • illicit
  • licensee
  • licentious
  • licentiousness
  • licensor
  • scilicet
  • licit
  • leisured
  • illicitly
  • licensable
  • sublicense
  • leisureliness
  • ss.
  • licentiously
  • licitly
  • licencee
  • illicitness
  • leisurewear
  • licitness
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