privar
/pɾiˈbaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to deprive
🔒 Same root as private and deprive: Latin privare, to set apart
Latin privus meant single or one's own, so privare meant to set something apart from someone, to take it away. English kept it in private and deprivation. Privar a alguien de algo = to deprive someone of something.