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Where does “nocent” come from?
nocent (Middle English) comes from Latin nocēns, from Latin nocēre.
nocent
(Middle English): guilty
Definitions
guilty
Ancestry of “nocent”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
nocēns
injuring, doing harm, hurting
2
Latin
nocēre
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Words derived from “nocent”
nocent
nocently
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