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Where does “mendicité” come from?

mendicité (Old French) comes from Latin mendicitas, from Latin mendicus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “mendicité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmendicitasbeggary, mendicity, pauperism, indigence
2Latinmendicusbeggarly, needy, indigent
3Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “mendicité”

  • mendicity
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