Where does “appropriate” come from?
Appropriate comes from Middle English appropriaten, from Latin appropriatus, the past participle of approprio, formed from the prefix ad- and the verb proprio, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to" or "toward."
appropriate (English): Suitable or fit; proper; Suitable to the social...
Definitions
- Suitable or fit; proper; Suitable to the social...
Ancestry of “appropriate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | appropriaten | — |
| 2 | Latin | appropriatus | — |
| 3 | Latin | approprio | I make it my own, appropriate |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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