Etymograph

English

deprive

Deprive comes from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, and goes back to Latin dē ‘of’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdē1‘of; from’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500dēprīvō2
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400depriver2
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500depryven2
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1900deprive2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin de-
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English deprive
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1900, L. Frank Baum: “"By means of the Golden Cap I shall command…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēWiktionary, Latin de-‘of; from’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500dēprīvōWiktionary, English deprive
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400depriverWiktionary, English deprive
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500depryvenWiktionary, English deprive
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1900depriveWiktionary, English deprive. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1900, L. Frank Baum: “"By means of the Golden Cap I shall command…”

Linked words

through Latin dē ‘of’

desire, deserve, dice, dorado, departmental, deduce, 4 more

Today it means

verb Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “deprive”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin de-. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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