Etymograph

English

ademption

Ademption comes from Latin adēmptiō ‘a taking away’, from adēmptus ‘captured’, and ultimately from adimō ‘take away’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadimō‘take away’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadēmptus‘captured’perfect passive participle of adimō
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadēmptiō‘a taking away’
  4. Englishtodayademption

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadimō‘take away’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadēmptus‘captured’perfect passive participle of adimō
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadēmptiō‘a taking away’
  4. Englishtodayademption

A compound of ad ‘to, towards, at’ + emō ‘buy’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’

Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’

Latin ad ‘to, towards, at’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take, distribute’

Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’

Latin emō ‘buy’

Every English word from Latin adimō

Today it means

noun In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.

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Etymograph / Latin adimō / ademption

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