عبد الحفيظ جباري
12/02/2008, 11:55 AM
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته،
يسعدني أن أوافي الواتاويين بكلمة هذا اليوم.
انتفاع مثمر والسلام عليكم.
Derogate (verb)
Pronunciation: ['de-rê-geyt]
Definition: (Intransitive) To detract, undermine, blemish; (transitive) to decry, denounce, belittle.
Usage: We most often use the adjective of this Latinate family, "derogatory." However, it is a large family replete with the verb we are discussing now, an action noun, "derogation," an agent noun, "derogator," and an adverb, "derogatorily."
Suggested Usage: The intransitive sense of today's word is used with the preposition 'from' like this: "Henry's loss of the contract to his brother severely derogated from his chances of promotion." The transitive sense is very close to that of "decry" or "belittle"—to speak derogatorily about something, "Anthony constantly derogates my attempts to convert lead into gold."
Etymology: Today's word comes from Latin derogare, derogat- "to partially repeal, to take away, to diminish," comprising de- "from" + rogare "to ask." The root, rog-, descends from a very prolific Proto-Indo-European root *reg-/*rog- "to make or be straight, to rule." It is found in many words indicating measurement or governance, such as Sanskrit raja "king," Latin rex, regis "king" and English "royal" from the French descendant of Latin "rex," "roi." In German, this root turns up as reich "rich" and Reich "empire." But we have descendants of the same root in "regular" from Latin regula "straight stick, measuring stick." English "rule" is a corruption of the same word, "regula."
–Dr. Language, YourDictionary.com
يسعدني أن أوافي الواتاويين بكلمة هذا اليوم.
انتفاع مثمر والسلام عليكم.
Derogate (verb)
Pronunciation: ['de-rê-geyt]
Definition: (Intransitive) To detract, undermine, blemish; (transitive) to decry, denounce, belittle.
Usage: We most often use the adjective of this Latinate family, "derogatory." However, it is a large family replete with the verb we are discussing now, an action noun, "derogation," an agent noun, "derogator," and an adverb, "derogatorily."
Suggested Usage: The intransitive sense of today's word is used with the preposition 'from' like this: "Henry's loss of the contract to his brother severely derogated from his chances of promotion." The transitive sense is very close to that of "decry" or "belittle"—to speak derogatorily about something, "Anthony constantly derogates my attempts to convert lead into gold."
Etymology: Today's word comes from Latin derogare, derogat- "to partially repeal, to take away, to diminish," comprising de- "from" + rogare "to ask." The root, rog-, descends from a very prolific Proto-Indo-European root *reg-/*rog- "to make or be straight, to rule." It is found in many words indicating measurement or governance, such as Sanskrit raja "king," Latin rex, regis "king" and English "royal" from the French descendant of Latin "rex," "roi." In German, this root turns up as reich "rich" and Reich "empire." But we have descendants of the same root in "regular" from Latin regula "straight stick, measuring stick." English "rule" is a corruption of the same word, "regula."
–Dr. Language, YourDictionary.com