redemption
/ɹɪˈdempʃən/rih-DEMP-shuhn
/ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/rih-DEMP-shuhn
Meaninga buying back
Common meaning: a buying back
Other meanings: a saving from sin
- redLatin red- (re- before a vowel): back
- emptto take; to buyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 643 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘back’ + ‘to take’ → redemption
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin emō ‘to take; to buy’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry emō, p. 643 · dictionary scan
Roots
- emō, ēmī, ēmptum Latin “to take; to buy”
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