myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of vendetta

Etymology of the Italian word vendetta

the Italian word vendetta

derived from the Latin word vindicta (ceremonial act claiming as free one contending wrongly enslaved; vengeance)

derived from the Late Latin word vindicare (claim, vindicate; punish)

derived from the Latin word vindex (defender, protector)

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)

English vendetta, Romanian vendetă

French vindicte, Spanish vindicta