myEtymology.com: English etymology of renouncing

Etymology of the English word renouncing

the English word renouncing

derived from the English word renounce

derived from the Old French word renoncer

derived from the Latin word renuntiare (report, announce; reject)

using the Latin prefix re-

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-

Word found in Modern English