Etymograph

English

improperation

Improperation comes from Latin improperō ‘to enter hastily upon’, from properō ‘to hasten, quicken or accelerate’, and ultimately from properus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproperus‘hasty, quick, speedy’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEproperō‘to hasten, quicken or accelerate’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimproperōas improperare‘to enter hastily upon’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1646improperation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproperus‘hasty, quick, speedy’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEproperō‘to hasten, quicken or accelerate’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimproperōas improperare‘to enter hastily upon’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1646improperation

Earliest quotation: 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: “for, omitting those improperations and termes of scurrility betwixt…”

Every English word from Latin properus

Today it means

noun A reproach; an instance of upbraiding or contumely.

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