Etymograph

English

deprecator

Deprecator comes from Latin dēprecātor ‘a person who averts by praying’, from precor ‘to beseech, beg, pray, entreat, supplicate,…’, 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‘to beseech, beg, pray, entreat, supplicate, request’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecor‘to avert or ward off by (earnest) prayer’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecātor‘a person who averts by praying’
  7. Englishtodaydeprecator

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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‘to beseech, beg, pray, entreat, supplicate, request’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecor‘to avert or ward off by (earnest) prayer’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēprecātor‘a person who averts by praying’
  7. Englishtodaydeprecator

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 One who deprecates.

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

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

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