The story
- Latin · derived frompudicitia
- Middle French · derived frompudicité
- English todaypudicity
From Middle French pudicité, and its source, Latin pudicitia, from pudicus (“modest”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpudicitia all →
pudicitia
First known use, by meaning
- from 16th c. Modesty; chastity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.