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Where does “unappropriate” come from?

unappropriate (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.

unappropriate (English): To take from private possession; to restore to...

Definitions

  1. To take from private possession; to restore to...

Ancestry of “unappropriate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishappropriateSuitable or fit; proper; Suitable to the social...
2Middle Englishappropriaten—
3Latinappropriatus—
4LatinapproprioI make it my own, appropriate
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →