English
abrenounce
Abrenounce comes from Medieval Latin abrenunciare, from Latin renuntio ‘revoke’, and ultimately from nūntius ‘a messenger, reporter, courier’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūntius‘a messenger, reporter, courier’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūntiō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErenuntio‘revoke’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500abrenunciare
- Englishearliest quotation 1536abrenounce
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūntius‘a messenger, reporter, courier’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūntiō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErenuntio‘revoke’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500abrenunciare
- Englishearliest quotation 1536abrenounce
Earliest quotation: 1536, Hugh Latimer: “Many of theſe might ſeem ingrate and unkind children,…”
Linked words
through Latin nūntius ‘a messenger, reporter, courier’
nuncio, pronouncement, 11 more
through Latin nūntiō
announce, pronunciation, pronounce, denounce, annunciation, enunciate, enunciation, 9 more
through Latin renuntio ‘revoke’
Today it means
verb To renounce; to contradict.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nūntius / abrenounce