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Where does “execrable” come from?

Execrable comes from Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis, meaning "worthy of being cursed."

execrable (English): Of the poorest quality; Hateful

Definitions

  1. Of the poorest quality; Hateful

Ancestry of “execrable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchexecrable—
2LatinexecrabilisAlternative form of exsēcrābilis

Words derived from “execrable”

  • execrably
  • execrableness
Every word from Latin execrabilis →