Propri

Morpheme

Propri

Type

bound base

Denotation

belonging to oneself, particular to one, characteristic of, distinctive, individual, specialized, specific, strict

Etymology

Latin proprius

Evidence

appropriate, appropriation, appropriative, appropriator, disimpropriate, dispropriate, expropriate, expropriated, expropriates, expropriating, expropriation, expropriatory, impropriate, inappropriate, malappropriate, misappropriate, nonproprietary, propria, proprial, proprialization, proprietarian, proprietarianism, proprietarians, proprietary, proprietor, proprietorship, proprietress, propriety, proprioception, proprioceptional, proprioceptive, proprioceptor, proprium, reappropriate, unappropriate, unexpropriated

Modern Base Analysis

<Propriete> denoting propriety
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -etary, -etarian
from propriety (<Propri + -e- + -ty>)
nonproprietary, proprietarian, proprietarianism, proprietarians, proprietary

See Also

Proper, -etary, -etarian