Where does “renegade” come from?
Renegade comes from Spanish renegado, derived from Latin renegatus, the past participle of renego, which combines Latin nego (to deny) with the negation prefix ne, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne.
renegade (English): An outlaw or rebel; A disloyal person who betrays...
Definitions
- An outlaw or rebel; A disloyal person who betrays...
Ancestry of “renegade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | renegado | renegade |
| 2 | Latin | renegātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | renegō | — |
| 4 | Latin | negō | — |
| 5 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 6 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “renegade”