Where does “deprecate” come from?
Deprecate comes from Latin deprecatus, past participle of deprecari, meaning to ward off by prayer, from de- and preḱ-, a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to ask or entreat.
deprecate (English): To belittle or express disapproval of; To declare...
Definitions
- To belittle or express disapproval of; To declare...
Ancestry of “deprecate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | deprecatus | averted; deprecated; interceded |
| 2 | Latin | dēprecor | to avert or ward off by (earnest) prayer; deprecate |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |