by Dwane | Jul 22, 2014 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abdicate [ab: away + dicare: to dedicate, consecrate, or set apart] The literal meaning of abdicate is: to set oneself away from something. The dictionary definitions do not deviate far from the literal meaning. Abdicate: To relinquish; to renounce; to abandon; to...
by Dwane | Jul 18, 2014 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abandon Old French abandoner, from Latin ab (away from), and bannum (proclamation, edict). The Old French phrase mettre a bandon meant “to send under the control, or jurisdiction of another.” Pontius Pilate attempts “mettre a bandon” in the gospel of Luke. Eager to...
