Etymograph

English

propone

Propone comes from Latin prōpōnō ‘place before’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-1‘to cultivate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinéti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō1‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinō1reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō1‘put, place’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōpōnō2‘place before’
  7. Englishtodaypropone2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin propono
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English propone

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-Wiktionary, Latin propono‘to cultivate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétiWiktionary, Latin proponoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinōWiktionary, Latin propono‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōWiktionary, Latin proponoreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnōWiktionary, Latin propono‘put, place’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōpōnōWiktionary, English propone‘place before’
  7. EnglishtodayproponeWiktionary, English propone

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’

suppose, homeless, compound, impose, hamlet, bohemian, homely, hame, 51 more

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

apposite, prepositional, 40 more

through Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’

site, situation, composition, posture, situate, supposition, positivism, preposition, compostela, situs, 42 more

through Proto-Italic *pozinō

opposition, exposition, deposition, disposition, compost, imposition, suppository, compositor, impost, presupposition, 26 more

through Latin pōnō ‘put, place’

post, position, positive, opposite, expose, opponent, consolation, dispose, repository, compose, posit, exponent, expound, presuppose, 56 more

through Latin prōpōnō ‘place before’

purpose, 4 more

Today it means

verb To propose or put forward for discussion or consideration.

Sources

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- / propone

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