- propose
[propose 词源字典]
- propose: see purpose
[propose etymology, propose origin, 英语词源] - propose (v.)
- mid-14c., from Old French proposer "propose, advance, suggest" (12c.), from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + poser "put, place" (see pose (v.1)). Meaning "make an offer of marriage" is first recorded 1764. Related: Proposed; proposing. See also propone, which coexisted with this word for a time.