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/pˈɹaɪvət/PRIGH-vuht
/pˈɹaɪvət/PRIGH-vuht
Meaningset apart
Common meaning: personal
Other meanings: not public
- privbelonging to a person alone; set apartLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1447 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin prīvus ‘belonging to a person alone; set apart’.
Roots
- prīvus, -a, -um Latin “belonging to a person alone; set apart”
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