Etymograph

English

deprive

Deprive comes from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, and goes back to Latin dē ‘of’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdē‘of; from’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500dēprīvō
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400depriver
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500depryven
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1900deprive

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdē‘of; from’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500dēprīvō
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400depriver
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500depryven
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1900deprive

Earliest quotation: 1900, L. Frank Baum: “By means of the Golden Cap I shall command…”

Linked words

through Latin dē ‘of’

desire, deserve, dice, dorado, departmental, deduce, 7 more

Today it means

verb Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.

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

Etymograph / Latin dē / deprive

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