Etymology of the English word private
the English word
privatederived from the Latin word
privatus (private citizen; private; personal; ordinary)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
privare (deprive, rob, free)
derived from the Latin word
privus (one's own, private; separate)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perDerivations in English
privatism,
privatize,
semiprivate,
reprivatizeCognates
Dutch
privé, French
privé, German
privat, Italian
privato, Latin
privatus, Lithuanian
privatus, Norwegian
privat, Polish
prywatny, Provençal
privada, Spanish
privada, Spanish
privado, Swedish
privatUsage
Word found in Modern English
