Etymology

properness

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Today it means: The state or condition of being proper; propriety. Full definition →

English proper ← Middle English propre ← Anglo-Norman propre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Italic*pro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  8. Proto-Italic*prijos
  9. Proto-Italic*proprijos
  10. Latinpropriu
  11. Anglo-Normanpropre
  12. Middle Englishpropre
  13. Englishproper
  14. English todayproperness

From proper + -ness.

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