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Ohh I always thought "apropos" was from the French expression "à propos (de)... " which means "about". I naïvely believed that the person who coded this command
by zfxfr 5y ago
Ohh I always thought "apropos" was from the French expression "à propos (de)... " which means "about". I naïvely believed that the person who coded this command must be French.
- killerbat00 5y agoThe English usage is borrowed from French![0] However, it doesn't look like the original author was French[1]. I shouldn't be, but I am quite surprised to see that the apropos command as we know it is 43 years old! [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos [1] https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#History https://www.mankier.com/1/apropos.mandoc#History
- Isamu 5y agoYou are correct about the origin except it came from French into English long ago.
- ochrist 5y agoIt's an ordinary word in Danish, meaning 'about something'. It can be used at the start of a sentence. Example: "Apropos vegetables I hate tomatoes".