Where does “refudiate” come from?

refudiate (English) comes from English repudiate, from Latin repudiatus, from Latin repudiō, from Latin repudium, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

refudiate (English): To repudiate, to oppose

Definitions

  1. To repudiate, to oppose

Ancestry of “refudiate”, step by step

refudiate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English repudiate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrepudiateTo reject the truth or validity of; to deny; To...
2Latinrepudiatusrejected, repudiated
3Latinrepudiōto cast off, reject, repudiate, disdain, rebuff
4Latinrepudiumrepudiation; rejection; divorce
5Latinrĕ-back, backwards
6Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
7Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
8Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via English refute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrefuteTo prove to be false or incorrect; To deny the...
2Latinrefutōto check, repress
3Latinfutoto beat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →