Where does “licitar” come from?
licitar (Spanish) comes from Latin licitor, from Latin licitus, from Latin licet, from Proto-Italic *likēt.
licitar (Spanish): to bid
Ancestry of “licitar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | licitor | — |
| 2 | Latin | licitus | allowed, permitted, having been permitted;... |
| 3 | Latin | licet | it is allowed; one is permitted; although, even... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *likēt | — |