myEtymology.com: English etymology of abdicate

Etymology of the English word abdicate

the English word abdicate

derived from the Latin word abdicatio (renunciation; disowning, disinheriting)

derived from the Latin word abdicatus (disowned, disinherited son)

derived from the Latin word abdicare (to proclaim away, disclaim; resign, abdicate; abolish)

derived from the Latin word ab (away; away from)

using the Latin prefix ab- (away; wrongly, badly)

derived from the Latin word care (dear, at high price; of high value)

derived from the Late Latin word sub (under)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *upo

derived from the Latin word fauces

derived from the Latin word dicare (dedicate, consecrate; deify)

derived from the Latin word dicere (to say, to speak; name, call; appoint; say, declare, state; talk, speak; make speech)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deik- (to show, to pronounce solemnly; to throw)

The earliest known usage of abdicate in English dates from the 16th century.

French abdiquer, Italian abdicare, Latin abdicare, Spanish abdicar

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