Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to show," also "pronounce solemnly," "also in derivatives referring to the directing of words or objects" [Watkins]. It forms all or part of:abdicate;abdication;addict;adjudge;apodictic;avenge;benediction;betoken;condition;contradict;contradiction;dedicate;deictic;de...
The Latin word was active in forming verbs. Also seeprae-. Sometimes in Middle English muddled with words inpro-orper-.
theodicy(n.) "vindication of divine justice," 1771, from Frenchthéodicée, title of a 1710 work by Leibniz to prove the justice of God in a world with much moral and physical evil; the elements are from Greektheos"god" (seetheo-) +dikē"custom, usage; justice, right; court case" ...