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Propose

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to put forward a plan or suggestion for consideration, or to offer marriage
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Stage 1 of 2
proponere
Latin · ancient
"to place forward, to suggest"
to place forward, to set before, from pro- (forward) and ponere (to place)
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Stage 2 of 2
propose
English · 1300s
"to put forward an idea, plan, or offer of marriage"
settled as the English word for putting forward an idea or plan
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