Deprived
/dɪˈpraɪvd/noun
Lacking something essential, desirable, or previously possessed.
Did you know?The verb ultimately comes from Latin privare, meaning “to bereave” or “deprive,” from privus, “one’s own” or “individual”—so deprivation was literally framed as being separated from what belonged to you.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
privus
“One’s own, individual, or separate”
Classical Latin
Latin
privare
“To bereave, strip, or deprive someone of something”
Late Latin
Latin
deprivare
“To remove or take away”
13th Century
Old French
depriver
“To deprive or dispossess”
14th Century
Middle English
depriven
“To deprive, dispossess, or strip of an office”
Modern English
English
deprived
“Lacking something needed or previously possessed”