The Spanish word 'deprivación' (meaning 'deprivation') comes from the Latin word 'deprivare' meaning 'to deprive completely'. This Latin word was formed by combining the prefix 'de-' (meaning 'away from, down') with the verb 'privare' (meaning 'to deprive'). When this word entered Spanish as 'deprivar', it maintained its meaning of 'to deprive'. The noun 'deprivación' was then formed by adding the Spanish suffix '-ción', which creates action nouns from verbs, similar to how '-tion' works in English.

Some related Spanish words include 'privar' (to deprive, to forbid) and 'privado' (private, deprived). These words share the same Latin root 'privare'. While 'deprivación' specifically refers to the act or state of deprivation, 'privar' is the basic verb form without the intensifying prefix 'de-'.

The English words 'deprive' and 'deprivation' are direct cognates of 'deprivación', as they also come from Latin 'deprivare'. Other related English words include 'private' and 'privacy', which come from the same Latin root 'privare'. You can see how the meaning of 'being apart' or 'separated from' in the original Latin evolved into both the sense of 'taking away' (deprive) and 'being separate from others' (private).