English
largition
Largition comes from Latin largitio ‘granting, bestowing, dispensing, distributing,…’, and goes back to largior.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElargioras largiri‘to grant, bestow, dispense, distribute, impart’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElargitio‘granting, bestowing, dispensing, distributing, imparting’
- Englishearliest quotation 1517largition
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElargioras largiri‘to grant, bestow, dispense, distribute, impart’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElargitio‘granting, bestowing, dispensing, distributing, imparting’
- Englishearliest quotation 1517largition
Earliest quotation: 1517, Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic: “largition of money”.
Every English word from Latin largior
Today it means
noun The bestowment of a largess or gift.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin largior / largition