depreciate

/dɪpˈɹiʃiˌeɪt/dih-PREE-shee-ayt

Meaningto lower the price

Common meaning: to fall in value

Other meanings: to belittle

dedown, away, off; undoing
preciworth, priceLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1442 · scan
ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having

‘down, away, off’ + ‘worth, price’ → depreciate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin pretium ‘worth, price’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pretium, p. 1442 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PRAISE, p. 461 · dictionary scan

Roots

pretium Latin “worth, price”

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