English
propitious
Propitious comes from Old French propicius ‘merciful’, and goes back to Latin propitius ‘favorable, well-disposed, kind’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpropitius‘favorable, well-disposed, kind’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400propicius‘merciful’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014propitious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpropitius‘favorable, well-disposed, kind’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400propicius‘merciful’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014propitious
Earliest quotation: 2014, Rob Nixon, Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’: “But counterrevolutions are reversible. Klein devotes much of her…”
Every English word from Latin propitius
Today it means
adj Favorable; advantageous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin propitius / propitious