Etymology of the Latin word abdicare
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
*upoderived from the Latin word
faucesderived 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)
Derivations in Latin
abdicans,
abdicatus,
abdicativus,
abdicatoriusDerivations in other languages
French
abdiquer, Italian
abdicare, Portuguese
abdicar, Spanish
abdicarCognates
English
abdicate, French
abdiquer, Italian
abdicare, Spanish
abdicar
