Etymology

vendetta

ven·det·ta
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Today it means: Revenge. Full definition →

Italian vendetta ← Latin vindicta
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvindicta
  2. Italian · borrowed fromvendetta“revenge”
  3. English todayvendetta

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.

Words from the same roots

Latinvindicta all →

vindictive

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