English
renunciation
Renunciation comes from Latin renūntiātiō ‘resignation, renunciation’, from renūntiō ‘to report or announce’, and ultimately from nūntius.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūntius‘a messenger, reporter, courier’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūntiō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErenūntiō‘to report or announce’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErenūntiātiō‘resignation, renunciation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1917renunciation
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 CErenūntiō‘to report or announce’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErenūntiātiō‘resignation, renunciation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1917renunciation
Earliest quotation: 1917, Bertrand Russell: “The life of the spirit demands readiness for renunciation…”
Linked words
through Latin nūntius ‘a messenger, reporter, courier’
pronouncement, nuncio, 12 more
through Latin nūntiō
announce, pronounce, denounce, pronunciation, annunciation, enunciate, 10 more
through Latin renūntiō ‘to report or announce’
Today it means
noun The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nūntius / renunciation