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Where does “proprietariness” come from?

proprietariness (English) comes from English proprietary, from French propriétaire, from Latin proprietarius, from Latin proprietās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

proprietariness (English): The quality of being proprietary

Definitions

  1. The quality of being proprietary

Ancestry of “proprietariness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproprietaryOf or relating to property or ownership; Owning...
2Frenchpropriétaireproprietary; owner
3Latinproprietarius—
4Latinproprietās—
5Latin-tās—
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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