propietario

Forms

propietario (feminine propietaria, masculine plural propietarios, feminine plural propietarias)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Latin proprietārius (“owner”), a post-classical legal word formed from proprietās (“ownership”) with the suffix -ārius.^[2][3][4][5] The BDELC and the DCECH list it under propio, a learned word from proprius (“one's own”).^[6][7] Nebrija still wrote it with the second ⟨r⟩ of the Latin.^[7] De Vaan finds most likely the connection of the Latin adjective with Proto-Indo-European *priH-o- (“own, dear”), preceded by prō.^[8] The same Latin word is French propriétaire, Italian proprietario and Catalan propietari.^[1][9]

Semantic evolution

Medieval Latin had monachus proprietarius, a monk with private property, the source of the sense still in the dictionaries: a religious who breaks the vow of poverty.^[10][2] In the Americas from 1572 on, oficiales propietarios were officials who held their post in their own right, not as substitutes.^[11][2] The Academy's 1843 edition defined the owner of a property, and in 1884 added the etymology and “especially of real estate”.^[12][13] In sport it describes the home team, and in computing, software whose use and distribution are restricted.^[2][14]

Timeline

• c. 1250 – the Aragonese law code Vidal Mayor.^[15]
• 1333 – propietarios in documents on the marriage of Peter IV of Aragon.^[15]
• 1448 – the first record in the HSMS texts.^[16]
• c. 1495 – Nebrija, as proprietario.^[6][7]
• 1572 – oficiales propietarios in Peru.^[11]
• 1786–1793 – Terreros defines the owner of goods, an estate or a post.^[17]
• 1843 – the Academy defines the owner of a property.^[12]
• 1884 – the Academy gives the etymology from Latin proprietarius.^[13]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Having the right of ownership of something, especially of real estate; mostly as a noun, an owner, a landlord: El propietario del piso subió el alquiler.^[2][1]
2. Holding a post or office in one's own right, not as a temporary substitute.^[2]
3. Of a member of a religious order: breaking the vow of poverty by using goods without permission or being attached to them.^[2]
4. (sports) Of a team: playing at home.^[2]
5. (computing) Of software: proprietary, with its use, modification or distribution restricted by its owner.^[14][1]

Word family

• copropietario

Related words

• propiedad
• propio
• Latin proprietārius

Usage notes

Nudo propietario is, in law, the owner who has the bare ownership of something without its use.^[2]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Real Academia Española; Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (2014–), Diccionario de la lengua española, 23rd ed., online version 23.8, https://dle.rae.es, p. s.v. propietario
3. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. s.v. proprietārius
4. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. s.v. proprietarius
5. ^ Gómez de Silva, Guido (1988), Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica / El Colegio de México, p. s.v. propietario
6. ^ a b Corominas, Joan (1973), Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, 3rd ed., Madrid: Gredos, p. s.v. propio
7. ^ a b c Corominas, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1980–1991), Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, 6 vols., Madrid: Gredos, p. 4, 662
8. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill, p. s.v. proprius
9. ^ Echegaray, Eduardo de (1887–1889), Diccionario general etimológico de la lengua española, 5 vols., Madrid: José María Faquineto, p. 974
10. ^ Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill, p. s.v. proprietarius
11. ^ a b Boyd-Bowman, Peter (2003), Léxico hispanoamericano 1493–1993, ed. Ray Harris-Northall and John J. Nitti, New York: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies
12. ^ a b Real Academia Española (1843), Diccionario de la lengua castellana, 9th ed., Madrid: Imprenta de D. Francisco María Fernández, p. 593
13. ^ a b Real Academia Española (1884), Diccionario de la lengua castellana, 12th ed., Madrid: Imprenta de D. Gregorio Hernando (the first Academy edition with etymologies), p. 871
14. ^ a b Wikcionario (Spanish Wiktionary), es.wiktionary.org
15. ^ a b Diccionario del Español Medieval electrónico (DEMel), data publication 2026 (CC BY-SA), Universität Rostock
16. ^ Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies (2026), Old Spanish Textual Archive (OSTA): semi-paleographic transcriptions of Old Spanish texts, ed. Francisco Gago Jover et al., https://www.hispanicseminary.org
17. ^ Terreros y Pando, Esteban de (1786–1793), Diccionario castellano con las voces de ciencias y artes y sus correspondientes de las tres lenguas francesa, latina e italiana, 4 vols., Madrid: Viuda de Ibarra, p. 3, 226