Where does “depreciatingly” come from?
depreciatingly (English) comes from English depreciating, from English depreciate, from Latin depretiare, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
depreciatingly (English): So as to disparage or belittle
Definitions
- So as to disparage or belittle
Ancestry of “depreciatingly”, step by step
depreciatingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English depreciating
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | depreciating | present participle of depreciate; That is... |
| 2 | English | depreciate | To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower... |
| 3 | Latin | depretiare | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |