Etymology

depreciation

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Today it means: The state of being depreciated; disparagement. Full definition →

French dépréciation ← Late Latin dēpretiāre ← Latin pretium
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latinde-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  9. Proto-Indo-European*próti
  10. Proto-Italic*pretjom
  11. Latinpretium
  12. Late Latindēpretiāre
  13. Frenchdéprécier
  14. Frenchdépréciation
  15. English todaydepreciation

Borrowed from French dépréciation.

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