inocencia

/inoˈθenθja/ · B2 · noun · f

artlessness

👶🕊️ Latin in- (not) + nocere (to harm): someone who does no harm

Same Latin root as English innocence, and also as nocivo (harmful) and innocuous. The Spanish ending -encia matches English -ence, so inocencia is innocence with one n. In Spain the c is said as th: ee-no-THEN-thya.

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