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Where does “repudiatory” come from?

repudiatory (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.

repudiatory (English): Having the nature of repudiation; serving to...

Definitions

  1. Having the nature of repudiation; serving to...

Ancestry of “repudiatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrepudiateTo reject the truth or validity of; to deny; To...
2Latinrepudiatusrejected, repudiated
3Latinrepudiō—
4Latinrepudiumrepudiation; rejection; divorce
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
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
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