disparage

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To talk about someone or something as if they have little value; to belittle.

   He constantly disparaged his rivals to make himself look better.

Simplified etymology

Disparage entered English in the Middle English period and ultimately derives from Latin par, “equal.” It originally meant a mispairing, especially in marriage, and later developed the sense “to discredit.”

From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- (“dis-”) + parage (“equal rank, rank”).

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