Where does “unpropriety” come from?
unpropriety (English) comes from English propriety, from Middle English proprietee, from Middle French proprieté, 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.
unpropriety (English): impropriety
Definitions
- impropriety
Ancestry of “unpropriety”, step by step
unpropriety traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English propriety
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | propriety | The particular character or essence of someone or... |
| 2 | Middle English | proprietee | — |
| 3 | Middle French | proprieté | — |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |