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- Latin · derived fromexprōbrātus
- English todayexprobrate
From Latin exprōbrātus (“reproached”) (whence -ate, past participle of exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-).
Words from the same roots
Latinexprōbrātus<t:reproached> all →
exprobratory
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.