deteriorate
de·te·rio·rate
verb
1.
2.
- “Her condition deteriorated”
- “Conditions in the slums degenerated”
- “The discussion devolved into a shouting match”
Origin
Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēteriorātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin dēteriorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from Latin dēterior (“worse”). Cognate with French détériorer.
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