English
fas est et ab hoste doceri
Fas est et ab hoste doceri comes from Latin fas est et ab hoste doceri.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfas est et ab hoste doceriliterally ‘it is right to be taught even by one's enemy’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfas est et ab hoste doceriliterally ‘it is right to be taught even by one's enemy’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from Latin fas est et ab hoste doceri (literally “it is right to be taught even by [one's] enemy”).
Every English word from Latin fas est et ab hoste doceri
Today it means
proverb One should be open to lessons from other people, even from one's enemies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fas est et ab hoste doceri / fas est et ab hoste doceri