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Where does “licencia” come from?

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

licencia (Spanish): license; permission; leave

Definitions

  1. license; permission; leave

Ancestry of “licencia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlicentiaa license, freedom, liberty; a liberty which one...
2Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “licencia”

  • lisensya
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