myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of revindicare

Etymology of the Latin word revindicare

the Late Latin word revindicare

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)

using the Latin prefix re-

Word found in Late Latin