Where does “abdication” come from?
Abdication comes from Middle French abdication, from Latin abdicatio, the noun form of abdico, meaning to reject or renounce, composed of ab and deyḱ-, to point or show.
abdication (English): The act of disowning or disinheriting a child;...
Definitions
- The act of disowning or disinheriting a child;...
Ancestry of “abdication”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | abdicātiō | — |
| 2 | Latin | abdicō | — |
| 3 | Latin | dīcō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |