Etymograph

English

propice

Propice comes from Old French propice.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400propice1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1569propice1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English propice
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1569, Richard Grafton, Richarde the Thirde: “Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take…”.

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400propiceWiktionary, English propice
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1569propiceWiktionary, English propice. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1569, Richard Grafton, Richarde the Thirde: “Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take…”

Every English word from Old French propice

Today it means

adj Fit; propitious.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “propice”. 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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