Etymology of the Latin word dedicare
the Latin word
dedicare (declare, proclaim; census return)
using the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
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)
Derivations in Latin
dedicatus,
dedicator,
dedicativusDerivations in other languages
Italian
dedicare, Portuguese
dedicar, Romanian
dedica, Spanish
dedicar
