myEtymology.com: English etymology of depleting

Etymology of the English word depleting

the English word depleting

derived from the English word deplete

derived from the Latin word depletus

derived from the Latin word deplere (drain, draw off, empty out)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Latin word plere

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelə-