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societas.

society; alliance/partnership; trading company; fellowship, communion; joint pursuit/enjoyment/possession; connection, affinity; conjugal union;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[sɔˈki.ɛ.taːs]Classical-Latin[soˈt͡ʃiː.e.tas]
  1. society, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity (a union for a common purpose)

    declension-3
  2. a company or society (those united for a common purpose)

    declension-3 · metonymically
  3. a copartnership, membership, or association (a union for trading purposes)

    broadly · declension-3
  4. a share, stake (membership in a partnership or association)

    broadly · declension-3
  5. a league, alliance, confederacy (a union or association for political purposes)

    broadly · declension-3
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin societās From socius + -tās.

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