myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of dedicar

Etymology of the Spanish word dedicar

the Spanish word dedicar

derived from 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)

English dedicate, French dédicacer, French dédier, French dédiquer, German dedizieren, Italian dedicare, Norwegian dedisere, Swedish dedicera