English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

reprobate

The origin and history of reprobate.

Etymology

First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobat(e) (“condemned, damned”, also used as the past participle of reprobaten), borrowed from Latin reprobātus (“disapproved, rejected, condemned”), perfect passive participle of reprobō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

← Back to the full definition of reprobate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.