Etymology

innocency

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Today it means: Harmlessness. Full definition →

Middle English innocencie ← Latin innocentia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frominnocentia
  2. Middle English · inherited frominnocencie
  3. English todayinnocency

From Middle English innocencie, from Latin innocentia. Doublet of innocence.

Words from the same roots

Latininnocentia all →

innocence

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.