myEtymology.com: French etymology of deprive

Etymology of the French word deprive

the French word deprive

derived from the Medieval Latin word deprivare

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Medieval Latin word privare (deprive, rob, free)

derived from the Latin word privus (one's own, private; separate)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per

English deprive