myEtymology.com: French etymology of privé

Etymology of the French word privé

the French word privé

derived 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 *per

Romanian privat

Dutch privé, English private, German privat, Italian privato, Latin privatus, Lithuanian privatus, Norwegian privat, Polish prywatny, Provençal privada, Spanish privada, Spanish privado, Swedish privat