Where does “impropriety” come from?
Impropriety derives from French impropriété, formed from French in- and Latin proprius meaning "one's own," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁én and ne combined with the suffix -tós.
impropriety (English): The condition of being improper; An improper act;...
Definitions
- The condition of being improper; An improper act;...
Ancestry of “impropriety”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | impropriété | impropriety; incorrectness, inaccuracy |
| 2 | French | propriété | property; property, attribute |
| 3 | Old French | proprieté | Alternative form of propreté; propriety, fitness,... |
| 4 | Latin | proprietās | quality, property, peculiarity, character |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |