Where does “vindicate” come from?
Vindicate comes from Latin vindicatus, past participle of vindico meaning to claim or assert, from dico meaning to say, with the suffix -ivus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- meaning to show or point.
vindicate (English): To clear of an accusation, suspicion or...
Definitions
- To clear of an accusation, suspicion or...
Ancestry of “vindicate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vindicātus | — |
| 2 | Latin | vindicō | — |
| 3 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 4 | Latin | dīcō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “vindicate”