Etymograph

English

appropry

Appropry comes from Latin appropriō ‘to make one's own, appropriate’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *proprijos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*proprijos1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproprius1‘appropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably)’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpropriō1‘to appropriate’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEappropriō2‘to make one's own, appropriate’
  5. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400approprier2
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500appropren2
  7. Englishearliest quotation a. 1532appropry2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin approprio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English appropry
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1532, William Warham, Letter CXXXV: “And forasmoche as al the religiouse men , to…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*proprijosWiktionary, Latin approprioreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpropriusWiktionary, Latin approprio‘appropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably)’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpropriōWiktionary, Latin approprio‘to appropriate’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEappropriōWiktionary, English appropry‘to make one's own, appropriate’
  5. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400approprierWiktionary, English appropry
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500approprenWiktionary, English appropry
  7. Englishearliest quotation a. 1532appropryWiktionary, English appropry. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: a. 1532, William Warham, Letter CXXXV: “And forasmoche as al the religiouse men , to…”

Linked words

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

property, properly, proper, propriety, 8 more

through Latin propriō ‘to appropriate’

reproach, 1 more

Today it means

verb To appropriate (for); to set apart.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “appropry”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin approprio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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