Where does “deprecation” come from?
Deprecation comes from Middle French deprecation, from Latin deprecationem (noun form of deprecatio, the act of praying against or warding off), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to ward off.
deprecation (English): The act of deprecating; A praying against evil;...
Definitions
- The act of deprecating; A praying against evil;...
Ancestry of “deprecation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | deprecation | — |
| 2 | Latin | dēprecātiōnem | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēprecātiō | a warding off or averting by prayer; deprecation, invocation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |