English
deprecable
Deprecable comes from Latin deprecabilis ‘exorable’, from dēprecor ‘avert, warn off’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- ‘to ask’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*preksreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprex‘prayer’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprecor‘to beseech, beg, pray, entreat, supplicate, request’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecor‘avert, warn off’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeprecabilis‘exorable’
- Englishtodaydeprecable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*preksreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprex‘prayer’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprecor‘to beseech, beg, pray, entreat, supplicate, request’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecor‘avert, warn off’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeprecabilis‘exorable’
- Englishtodaydeprecable
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- ‘to ask’
arrogant, arrogance, derogatory, prerogative, postulate, derogation, 26 more
through Latin prex ‘prayer’
Today it means
adj That may or should be deprecated.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- / deprecable