The story
- Latin · derived fromprocāx“bold, impudent”
- Latin · derived fromprocācitās
- Middle French · derived fromprocacité
- English todayprocacity
From Middle French procacité, from Latin procācitās (whence -acity), from Latin procāx (“bold, impudent”), from procō (“ask, demand”), from procus (“suitor”).
Words from the same roots
Latinprocāx all →
procacious
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.