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Where does “propriété” come from?

propriété (French) comes from Old 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.

propriété (French): property; property, attribute

Definitions

  1. property; property, attribute

Ancestry of “propriété”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchproprietéAlternative form of propreté; propriety, fitness,...
2Latinproprietās—
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “propriété”

  • impropriety
  • multipropriété
  • impropriété
  • copropriété
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