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“favoritism shown to relatives, especially in appointment to high office,” 1660s, from French népotisme (1650s), from Italian nepotismo, from nepote “nephew,” from Latin nepotem (nominative nepos) “grandson, nephew” (see nephew). Originally, practice of granting privileges to a pope’s “nephew” which was a euphemism for his natural son.
Absentia is Latin for absence. In absentia, a legal term, is Latin for “in the absence” or “while absent”
“the state of being an accomplice, partnership in wrongdoing or an objectionable act,” 1650s, from French complicité, from Old French complice “accomplice, comrade, companion” (14c.), from Late Latin complicem, accusative of complex “partner, confederate,” from Latin complicare “to fold together,” from com “with, together” (see com-) + plicare “to fold, weave” (from PIE root *plek- “to plait”). Compare accomplice.
“depreciative, disparaging, giving a low or bad sense to,” 1888, from French péjoratif, from Late Latin peiorat-, past-participle stem of peiorare “make worse,” from Latin peior “worse,” perhaps originally “stumbling,” from PIE *ped-yos-, suffixed (comparative) form of *ped- “to walk, stumble, impair,” from root *ped- “foot.” As a noun, “a word that depreciates the sense,” from 1882. English had a verb pejorate “to worsen” from 1640s.
late 14c., “to bear, endure (grief, pain, etc.; sense now obsolete), from Old French comporter “endure, admit of, allow; behave” (13c.) and directly from Latin comportare “to bring together, collect,” from com “with, together” (see com-) + portare “to carry” (from PIE root *per- (2) “to lead, pass over”).
Meaning “to agree, accord, be suitable” (with with) is from 1580s. Meaning “to behave, conduct” (with a reflexive pronoun) is from 1610s. Related: Comported; comporting.
“passionate ardor in pursuit of an objective or course of action,” late 14c., from Old French zel (Modern French zèle) and directly from Late Latin zelus “zeal, emulation” (source also of Italian zelo, Spanish celo), a Church word, from Greek zēlos “ardor, eager rivalry, emulation,” “a noble passion” [Liddell & Scott], but also “jealousy;” from PIE *ya- “to seek, request, desire.” From mid-15c. as “devotion.”