Where does “approprier” come from?
approprier (French) comes from Latin approprio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
approprier (French): to adapt to a situation; to seize, take; to make...
Definitions
- to adapt to a situation; to seize, take; to make...
Ancestry of “approprier”, step by step
approprier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin approprio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | approprio | I make it my own, appropriate |
| 2 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Late Latin appropriare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | appropriare | present active infinitive of appropriō;... |