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RobertMiller | 4 years ago

I used to have a hard time remembering apropos because I assumed 'apropos' was some sort of unixy mincing of another word or abbreviation or something, and I couldn't figure out what it meant. You know, like 'mkdir' means "MaKe DIRectory"

But it turns out apropos is just a regular word. Once I learned this, I haven't had any more trouble with it.

apropos : Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apropos

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zfxfr|4 years 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.

ochrist|4 years ago

It'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".

Isamu|4 years ago

You are correct about the origin except it came from French into English long ago.