Etymograph

English

properate

Properate comes from Latin properatus ‘hastened’, and goes back to properus ‘hasty, quick, speedy’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproperus1‘hasty, quick, speedy’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproperō2as properare, past participle‘to hasten’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproperatus2‘hastened’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1725properate2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin propero
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English properate
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1725, James Sedgwick: “For Vomiting so properates and crowds the Juices, that…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproperusWiktionary, Latin propero‘hasty, quick, speedy’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproperōWiktionary, English properateas properare, past participle‘to hasten’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEproperatusWiktionary, English properate‘hastened’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1725properateWiktionary, English properate. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1725, James Sedgwick: “For Vomiting so properates and crowds the Juices, that…”

Every English word from Latin properus

Today it means

verb To hasten or press forward.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “properate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin propero. 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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