Abnegate
/ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/noun
To renounce or reject something, especially a claim, right, or desire.
Did you know?Abnegate entered English through Latin abnegare, where ab- (“away from”) and negare (“to deny”) fused into a formal word for renouncing something outright.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*neǵ-
“to say no, deny”
Latin
Latin
negare
“to deny, say no”
Latin
Latin
abnegare
“to deny away, refuse, renounce”
Late Latin / Old French
Latin / French
abnegationem
“denial, renunciation”
14th–15th Century
English
abnegaten
“to renounce or reject”
Modern English
English
abnegate
“to renounce or reject”