“Abrogate” comes from the Latin verb “abrogare,” which can be broken into “ab-” (meaning “away”) and “rogare” (meaning “propose a law”). Consider, for example, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in the United States, and launched Prohibition in 1919. The unpopular law to abrogate drinking is considered to be a failure, as people still found ways to drink and bootleggers made massive amounts of money through criminal enterprises surrounding alcohol. In 1933, the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th, becoming the only amendment to abrogate another.