Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Depreciate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
belittle
"The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
2
lower the value of something
"The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
3
lose in value
"The dollar depreciated again"
4
To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
Example Sentences
"The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
verb
"The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
verb
"The dollar depreciated again"
verb
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Origin
Deprecate comes from the Middle English word depreciaten, which was borrowed from Late Latin. The original meaning relates to "price," formed by combining a prefix with the word for price itself.