- abdicate
[abdicate 词源字典]
- abdicate: see indicate
[abdicate etymology, abdicate origin, 英语词源] - abdicate (v.)
- 1540s, "to disown, disinherit (children)," from Latin abdicatus, past participle of abdicare "to disown, disavow, reject" (specifically abdicare magistratu "renounce office"), from ab- "away" (see ab-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Meaning "divest oneself of office" first recorded 1610s. Related: Abdicated; abdicating.