Origin and history of 'deprecate'

3 pash 1 8/28/2025, 4:19:58 AM etymonline.com ↗

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ggm · 4h ago
Heavily used in Operating systems and related contexts, for features which in future will be unavailable, but for now continuance on sufferance is tolerated.

E.G. on linux ifconfig -> ip command, some crossover, then ifconfig having been deprecated for some years, is removed.