Morpheme
Proper
Type
free base
Denotation
suitable, possessed, belonging to oneself, related, strictly applied
Etymology
Middle English propre; Anglo-Norman proper, propre; Old French propre; Latin proprius
Evidence
improper, improperly, improperness, metaproperty, proper, properly, properness, propers, propertarian, propertarianism, propertarians, propertied, properties, property, propertying
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
Modern Base Analysis
<Propert> denoting property
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -tarian
from property (<Proper + -ty>)
propertarian, propertarianism, propertarians
