Etymograph

English

derogator

Derogator comes from Latin dērogātor ‘a detractor, depreciator’, from rogō ‘ask’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*prokosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocus‘wooer, suitor’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocō‘to ask, urge, demand’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErogō‘ask’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdērogō‘to take away, diminish, remove, withdraw, (with dative) detract from’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdērogātor‘a detractor, depreciator’
  8. Englishtodayderogator

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*prokosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocus‘wooer, suitor’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocō‘to ask, urge, demand’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErogō‘ask’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdērogō‘to take away, diminish, remove, withdraw, (with dative) detract from’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdērogātor‘a detractor, depreciator’
  8. Englishtodayderogator

Equivalent to de- + rogāre + -ate + -or

Latin dē ‘of; from’

English de-

Linked words

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

pray, precarious, postulate, deprecation, 28 more

through Latin rogō ‘ask’

rogue, arrogant, arrogance, interrogation, prerogative, 15 more

Today it means

noun A detractor.

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

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

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