English
indulgency
Indulgency comes from Latin indulgentia ‘indulgence, gentleness, complaisance,…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindulgentia‘indulgence, gentleness, complaisance, tenderness, fondness, kindness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897indulgency
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindulgentia‘indulgence, gentleness, complaisance, tenderness, fondness, kindness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897indulgency
Earliest quotation: 1897, Ernest Renan: “My amiability, which is in many cases the result…”
Every English word from Latin indulgentia
Today it means
noun indulgence
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin indulgentia / indulgency