Where does “depredate” come from?

depredate (Italian) comes from Italian depredare, from Latin depraedari — present active infinitive of dēpraedor.

depredate (Italian): second-person plural present and imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present and imperative of...

Ancestry of “depredate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandepredareto plunder, loot
2Latindepraedaripresent active infinitive of dēpraedor
Every word from Latin depraedariEvery word from Italian depredare
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