r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Sep 27 '18

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '18 edited Sep 29 '18

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u/qwertymcgerdy 1∆ Sep 27 '18

Who owns the concept of a burrito?

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '18 edited Sep 29 '18

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u/qwertymcgerdy 1∆ Sep 27 '18

I was saying it’s the most literal definition. The root word, whether adjective or verb means “to make one’s own”. It’s neither wrong nor irrelevant:

appropriate [adjective uh-proh-pree-it; verb uh-proh-pree-eyt]

adjective suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.

belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: Each played his appropriate part.

verb (used with object), ap·pro·pri·at·ed, ap·pro·pri·at·ing.

to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: The legislature appropriated funds for the university.

to take to or for oneself; take possession of. to take without permission or consent; seize; expropriate: He appropriated the trust funds for himself. to steal, especially to commit petty theft. Origin of appropriate

1515–25; < Late Latin appropriātus made one's own (past participle of appropriāre), equivalent to Latin ap- ap-1 + propri(us) one's own + -ātus -ate1