Etymograph

English

appropriation

Appropriation comes from Medieval Latin appropriātiō ‘making one's own, appropriation’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *proprijos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*proprijosreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproprius‘appropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably)’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpropriō‘to appropriate’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappropriō‘to make one's own, appropriate’
  5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500appropriātiō‘making one's own, appropriation’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500appropriacion
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1984appropriation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*proprijosreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproprius‘appropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably)’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpropriō‘to appropriate’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappropriō‘to make one's own, appropriate’
  5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500appropriātiō‘making one's own, appropriation’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500appropriacion
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1984appropriation

Earliest quotation: 1984, Christine Guilfoy, Gay Lobby Hires New Executive Director: “Bush said that GRNL had lost touch with the…”

Equivalent to appropriate + -ion

Latin appropriō ‘to make one's own’

Middle English appropriat ‘appropriated’

English appropriate

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *proprijos

properly, 6 more

through Latin proprius ‘appropriate to oneself: (one's) proper,…’

property, proper, propriety, 9 more

through Latin propriō ‘to appropriate’

reproach, 1 more

Today it means

noun An act or instance of appropriating.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *proprijos / appropriation

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