Etymology

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Today it means: To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right. Full definition →

Middle English appropriaten ← Latin appropriātus
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appropriate · verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromappropriātus
  2. Middle English · inherited fromappropriaten
  3. English todayappropriate

From Middle English appropriaten, from appropriat (“appropriated”) + -en, borrowed from Latin appropriātus, perfect passive participle of appropriō (“to make one's own”), from ad (“to”) + propriō (“to make one's own”), from proprius (“one's own, private”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

appropriate · adjective2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromappropriat“appropriated”
  2. English todayappropriate

From Middle English appropriat (“appropriated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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