Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “proper” come from?

proper (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French propre, from Latin prōprius.

Ancestry of “proper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpropreown; proper, appropriate, correct; special
2Latinprōprius—

Words derived from “proper”

  • proper
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