Where does “licitar” come from?

licitar (Spanish) comes from Latin licitor, from Latin licitus, from Latin licet, from Proto-Italic *likēt — to be available, to have the value of, to be for sale.

licitar (Spanish): to bid

Definitions

  1. to bid

Ancestry of “licitar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlicitor—
2Latinlicitusallowed, permitted, having been permitted;...
3Latinlicetit is allowed; one is permitted; although, even...
4Proto-Italic*likētto be available, to have the value of, to be for sale

Words derived from “licitar”

Every word from Proto-Italic *likēt →Every word from Latin licet →Every word from Latin licitus →