English
subproper
Subproper comes from Latin proprius ‘appropriate to oneself: (one's) proper,…’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *proprijos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*proprijosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproprius‘appropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably)’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400propre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- English1500–presentproper
- Englishearliest quotation 1987subproper
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*proprijosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproprius‘appropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably)’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400propre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- English1500–presentproper
- Englishearliest quotation 1987subproper
Earliest quotation: 1987, Journal of the Optical Society of Americ: “An object can have several subproper centers or none…”
A compound of *pro- ‘pro-’ + *prijos
Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘toward, forward’
Proto-Italic *pro- ‘pro-’
Proto-Indo-European *preyH- ‘to please’
Proto-Indo-European *priHós ‘pleased’
Proto-Italic *prijos
Linked words
through Latin proprius ‘appropriate to oneself: (one's) proper,…’
property, appropriation, improper, reproach, propriety, 7 more
through English proper
Today it means
adj Having some of the key characteristics of the proper property (which ones depend on the type of proper property).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *proprijos / subproper