deterioration

/dɪˈtɪɹiəˌeɪʃən/dih-TIH-ree-ur-ay-shuhn

/dɪˈtɪɹiɚˌeɪʃən/dih-TIH-ree-ur-ay-shuhn

Meaningthe act of deteriorating

Common meaning: growing worse

deterioratworseSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 139 · scan
ionnoun ending: act or result

Journey through time

Latindeterior‘worse’source
Latindeterioratussource
Englishdeteriorate‘grow worse’
Englishformed in English from deterioratedeterioration‘growing worse’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Formed in English from deteriorate + -ion.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DETERIORATE, p.163 · scan

Source words

deterior Latin · source word “worse”

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