depauperate

Etymology

It comes from Middle English depauperat ("impoverished"), which in turn came from Medieval Latin depauperātus ("impoverished"), the past participle of depauperō ("to impoverish"). That itself was built from Latin de- plus pauperō ("to impoverish"), from pauper ("poor"). Equivalent to de- + pauper + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). It is a cognate of Italian depauperare and Spanish depauperar.