English
liceity
Liceity comes from Latin licet ‘to be allowed’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElicetas licere‘to be allowed’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011liceity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElicetas licere‘to be allowed’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011liceity
Earliest quotation: 2011, Validity and liceity: “Validity affects the act, while liceity affects the 'legality'…”
Linked words
through Latin licet ‘to be allowed’
Today it means
noun The legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin licet / liceity