English
repudiate
Repudiate comes from Latin repudiātus ‘rejected, repudiated’, and goes back to pudeō ‘to feel ashamed, to put to shame’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpudeō‘to feel ashamed, to put to shame’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepudium‘repudiation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepudiō‘to cast off, reject’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepudiātus‘rejected, repudiated’perfect passive participle of repudiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1847repudiate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpudeō‘to feel ashamed, to put to shame’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepudium‘repudiation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepudiō‘to cast off, reject’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepudiātus‘rejected, repudiated’perfect passive participle of repudiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1847repudiate
Earliest quotation: 1847, – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray: “'[…] she dictated to Briggs a furious answer in…”
first attested First attested in 1543 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (‘to cast off, reject’) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (‘rejection, repudiation, divorce’).
Linked words
through Latin pudeō ‘to feel ashamed, to put to shame’
Today it means
verb To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pudeō / repudiate