Etymology

deperish

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Today it means: To waste away; to deteriorate. Full definition →

Middle English deperishen ← Old French deperiss- ← Latin deperīre
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  1. Latin · derived fromdeperīre“to die down, to perish gradually”
  2. Old French · derived fromdeperiss-
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdeperishen
  4. English todaydeperish

From Middle English deperishen, from Old French deperiss-, extended stem of deperir, from Latin deperīre (“to die down, to perish gradually”).

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