propriety的词源

英文词源

propriety

propriety: see proper

propriety (n.)

mid-15c., "proper character, disposition," from Old French proprieté "inpiduality, peculiarity; property" (12c.), from Latin proprietatem (nominative proprietas) "appropriateness," also "ownership" (see property). Meaning "fitness, appropriateness" is attested from 1610s; sense of "conformity to good manners" is from 1782.

中文词源

propriety：适当的，得体的

词根词缀： proprie(-propri-)适当的,本身所有的 + -ty名词词尾

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：propriety 词源，propriety 含义。

propriety：得体的举止，规范，礼节

来自proper,自己的，适于自己的，合适的，-ety,名词后缀。引申诸相关词义。