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Where does “nocent” come from?

nocent (Middle English) comes from Latin nocēns, from Latin nocēre.

nocent (Middle English): guilty

Definitions

  1. guilty

Ancestry of “nocent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnocēns—
2Latinnocēre—

Words derived from “nocent”

  • nocent
  • nocently
Every word from Latin nocēre →