Etymology

lenity

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Middle French lénité ← Latin lēnitās
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  1. Latin · derived fromlēnitās
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromlénité
  3. English todaylenity

Borrowed from Middle French lénité, from Latin lēnitās (whence -ity), from lēnis (“soft”).

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