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Where does “depraven” come from?

depraven (Middle English) comes from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre.

Ancestry of “depraven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdepraver—
2Latindēprāvāre—

Words derived from “depraven”

  • deprave
  • depraver
  • depravement
Every word from Latin dēprāvāre →