English
obrogate
Obrogate comes from Latin obrogō ‘to propose a new law, partly to repeal an…’, from rogō ‘ask’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*prokosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocus‘wooer, suitor’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocō‘to ask, urge, demand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErogō‘ask’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobrogō‘to propose a new law, partly to repeal an existing law’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880obrogate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*prokosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocus‘wooer, suitor’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocō‘to ask, urge, demand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErogō‘ask’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobrogō‘to propose a new law, partly to repeal an existing law’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880obrogate
Earliest quotation: 1880, James Buchanan, Johannes Voet: “That a law is surrogated, when anything is added…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- ‘to ask’
prayer, pray, precarious, postulate, deprecation, 25 more
through Latin rogō ‘ask’
rogue, arrogant, arrogance, interrogation, derogatory, prerogative, derogation, 13 more
Today it means
verb To annul a law by enacting a new law, as opposed to repealing the former law.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- / obrogate