vituperate

vituperate · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*per-“to get, procure; to produce; to bring forward; to bring forth, carry forth; to go through”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(d)wi-tyo-“apart; wrong”
3. Latin · learned borrowing fromvituperātus“censured; disparaged”
4. English todayvituperate

PIE word *dwóh₁ Learned borrowing from Latin vituperātus (“censured; disparaged”), perfect passive participle of vituperō (“to blame, scold, tell off; to censure; to disparage, find fault with”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from vitium (“blemish, defect, flaw, imperfection; crime, misdeed, wrongdoing; fault, error, sin; vice; disease (of plants)”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi-tyo- (“apart; wrong”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + parō (“to acquire, get, obtain, procure; to arrange, order; to contrive, design; to furnish, provide; to produce; to decide, resolve”) (from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to get, procure; to produce; to bring forward; to bring forth, carry forth; to go through”)).

vituperate · adjective²

1. Latin · learned borrowing fromvituperātus“censured; disparaged”
2. English todayvituperate

Learned borrowing from Latin vituperātus (“censured; disparaged”), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

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