Deprecate, from Latin deprecari, "to pray (something) away". It would seem the gods eventually answered! OT: it's the same precari that is in precarious, whic

Deprecate, from Latin deprecari, "to pray (something) away". It would seem the gods eventually answered! OT: it's the same precari that is in precarious, which originally meant something more like "dependent on the will of another". Both definitions have loosened nicely, but it's still fun to see how we got here, and to think of marking something Deprecated as an act of piety!