- propriety
[propriety 词源字典]
- propriety: see proper
[propriety etymology, propriety origin, 英语词源] - propriety (n.)
- mid-15c., "proper character, disposition," from Old French proprieté "individuality, 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.