Etymology

abdicative

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Today it means: Causing, or implying, abdication. Full definition →

English abdicate ← Latin abdicātus ← Proto-Indo-European *déyḱs
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abdicative · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinab
  5. Latinab-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*déyḱs
  8. Latindicō
  9. Latinabdicō
  10. Latinabdicātus
  11. Englishabdicate
  12. English todayabdicative

From abdicate + -ive.

abdicative · noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromabdicativus
  2. English todayabdicative

From Latin abdicativus.

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