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Where does “proprietar” come from?

proprietar (Romanian) comes from French propriétaire, from Latin proprietarius, 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.

proprietar (Romanian): owner of an asset; master

Definitions

  1. owner of an asset; master

Ancestry of “proprietar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpropriétaireproprietary; owner
2Latinproprietarius—
3Latinproprietās—
4Latin-tās—
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “proprietar”

  • împroprietări
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