Where does “privilege” come from?

privilege (Dutch) comes from French privilège, from Old French privilege, from Latin prīvilēgium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

privilege (Dutch): privilege, prerogative particular right or favour

Definitions

privilege, prerogative particular right or favour

Ancestry of “privilege”, step by step

privilege traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French privilège

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	privilège	privilege
2	Old French	privilege	privilege benefit only given to certain people
3	Latin	prīvilēgium	A law or bill concerning a specific individual
4	Latin	-ium	Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5	Latin	-ius	forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6	Proto-Italic	-jōs	Forms comparative adjectives
7	Proto-Indo-European	-yós	Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Middle Dutch privilegie

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle Dutch	privilegie	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ium →Every word from Latin -ius →