Etymology

consensual

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Today it means: With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English consensus
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The story

  1. Englishconsensus
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. English todayconsensual

From consensus + -ual.

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