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Where does “proprieté” come from?

proprieté (Middle French) comes 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.

Ancestry of “proprieté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinproprietās—
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “proprieté”

  • propriety
  • propriete
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