peioro
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pei̯ˈi̯oː.roː/, [pɛi̯ˈi̯oːroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈjo.ro/, [peˈjɔːro]
Verb
peiōrō (present infinitive peiōrāre, perfect active peiōrāvī, supine peiōrātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) I make worse; I aggravate
Conjugation
Descendants
- ⇒ English: pejorate
- Catalan: pitjorar, empitjorar
- Friulian: peiorâ, pejorâ
- Italian: peggiorare
- Portuguese: piorar, pejorar, empiorar
- Spanish: empeorar, peorar, peyorar
References
- “pejoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impair”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “impair”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.