Where does “ilicit” come from?

ilicit (Romanian) comes from French illicite, from Latin illicitus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ilicit (Romanian): illicit

Definitions

  1. illicit

Ancestry of “ilicit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchilliciteillicit
2Latinillicitusforbidden, unlawful, illegal, illicit
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ilicit

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