Where does “pleito” come from?
pleito (Spanish) comes from Latin placitum, from Latin placitus, from Latin placeō.
pleito (Spanish): lawsuit; fight; argument
Ancestry of “pleito”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | placitum | opinion, teaching, theory; decree, sentence,... |
| 2 | Latin | placitus | pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon |
| 3 | Latin | placeō | — |
Words derived from “pleito”