Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

interdict

 

(v.) to prohibit; (n.) a formal prohibition

 

King Henry VIII did not allow an ecclesiastical interdict to stand in the way of his marriage to Anne Boleyn.

 

Related English words: interdiction (an interdicting or being interdicted), interdictor, interdictory

 

Latin root words: interdico, interdicere, interdixi, interdictus - to forbid, prohibit; interdictio, interdictionis, f. - prohibition; interdictum, interdicti, n. - prohibition; dico, dicere, dixi, dictus - to say, tell

 

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