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Where does “depravement” come from?

depravement (English) comes from English deprave, from Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre.

depravement (English): Depravity; corruption

Definitions

  1. Depravity; corruption

Ancestry of “depravement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdepraveTo speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to...
2Middle Englishdepraven—
3Old Frenchdepraver—
4Latindēprāvāre—
Every word from Latin dēprāvāre →