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Where does “antiviolencia” come from?

antiviolencia (Spanish) comes from Spanish violencia, from Latin violentia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

antiviolencia (Spanish): antiviolence

Definitions

  1. antiviolence

Ancestry of “antiviolencia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishviolenciaviolence
2Latinviolentiaviolence; aggressiveness
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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