Where does “abjure” come from?

abjure (French) comes from French abjurer, from Middle French abiurer, from Old French abjurer, from Latin abiūrāre.

abjure (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “abjure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchabjurerTo renounce or abandon solemnly; to abjure; To...
2Middle Frenchabiurerto abjure; to renounce
3Old Frenchabjurer—
4Latinabiūrāre—
Every word from Latin abiūrāre →Every word from Old French abjurer →Every word from Middle French abiurer →