Etymograph

English

deprecation

Deprecation comes from Latin dēprecātiō ‘deprecation, invocation’, from dēprecor ‘to avert, warn off’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- ‘to ask’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*preksreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprex‘prayer’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprecor‘request, beg, call upon’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecor‘to avert, warn off’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecātiō‘deprecation, invocation’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecātiōnem
  8. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600deprecation
  9. Englishtodaydeprecation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*preksreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprex‘prayer’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprecor‘request, beg, call upon’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecor‘to avert, warn off’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecātiō‘deprecation, invocation’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecātiōnem
  8. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600deprecation
  9. Englishtodaydeprecation

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- ‘to ask’

arrogant, arrogance, derogatory, prerogative, postulate, derogation, 26 more

through Latin prex ‘prayer’

prayer, pray, precarious, 10 more

Today it means

noun The act of deprecating.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- / deprecation

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