myEtymology.com: English etymology of denouncing

Etymology of the English word denouncing

the English word denouncing

derived from the English word denounce

derived from the Old French word denoncier

derived from the Classical Latin word denuntiare (announce, give official information; declare; give notice, warn, foretell)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Latin word nuntiare (announce, report, bring word)

derived from the Latin word nuntius (announcing, bringing word; giving warning; messenger, herald, envoy)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *neu-