Where does “proprietorship” come from?
Proprietorship derives from English proprietor, from French propriétaire, from Latin proprietarius meaning "owner," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European skab- meaning "to cut" or "scratch."
proprietorship (English): The state of being a proprietor; ownership
Definitions
- The state of being a proprietor; ownership
Ancestry of “proprietorship”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proprietor | An owner; A sole owner of an unincorporated... |
| 2 | English | proprietary | Of or relating to property or ownership; Owning... |
| 3 | French | propriétaire | proprietary; owner |
| 4 | Latin | proprietarius | owner |
| 5 | Latin | proprietās | quality, property, peculiarity, character |
| 6 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |