Where does “misappropriate” come from?
misappropriate (English) comes from English appropriate, from Middle English appropriaten, from Latin appropriatus, from Latin approprio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
misappropriate (English): To take something for wrong or illegal purposes;...
Definitions
- To take something for wrong or illegal purposes;...
Ancestry of “misappropriate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appropriate | Suitable or fit; proper; Suitable to the social... |
| 2 | Middle English | appropriaten | — |
| 3 | Latin | appropriatus | — |
| 4 | Latin | approprio | I make it my own, appropriate |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |