vendetta

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English word vendetta comes from Latin dico, Latin vis, Latin dicare, and later Latin vindex (Claimant, vindicator.)

dico (Latin)

I appropriate to, devote to, assign to, set apart for.. I consecrate, deify.. I dedicate, devote.

vis (Latin)

(New Latin, physics) energy, force. (figuratively) assault, affront. Force, power, strength. Violence.

dicare (Latin)

vindex (Latin)

Claimant, vindicator.

vindico (Latin)

I avenge, vindicate, claim, punish.. I liberate, deliver, spare.. I protect.

A means of vindication. Ceremonial staff used in manumission. Punishment, vengeance. Redress, satisfaction.

vendetta (Italian)

Revenge, vengeance.

vendetta (English)

A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.

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