Why is the C silent in indicted?
Why Do We Skip the ‘C‘ in ‘Indict‘?
We pronounce this word in-DYTE because its original spelling in English was endite, a spelling that was used for 300 years before scholars decided to make it look more like its Latin root word, indictare. Our pronunciation still reflects the original English spelling.
How do you say the word indictment?
What is the origin of the word indictment?
indictment (n.)
1300, endytement “action of accusing,” from Anglo-French and Old French enditement, from enditer “accuse, indict” (see indict). Meaning “formal legal document containing a charge proved before a grand jury” is from c. 1500. Latin spelling restored 17c.
What does indict mean in English?
en·dite | ˈenˌdīt plural -s. Definition of endite (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : one of the appendages of the inner side of the limb of an arthropod. 2 : the chewing ridge on the inner surface of the pedipalpus or maxilla of many arachnids.