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	avenged
2	Latin	vindicō	to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
3	Latin	vindex	claimant, vindicator
4	Latin	dīcō	to say, talk, speak, utter, mention
5	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
6	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
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”

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