Where does “proprietară” come from?
proprietară (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.
Ancestry of “proprietară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | propriétaire | proprietary; owner |
| 2 | Latin | proprietarius | owner |
| 3 | Latin | proprietās | quality, property, peculiarity, character |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |