Propone is from Latin proponere ('to set forth, propose'), from pro- ('forth') + ponere ('to put, place'). Important recorded forms include proponere (Latin) and ponere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers to propose or put forward, especially formally in Scots law. The wider family includes derived forms such as proponent and related words such as propose, proposition, component, and exponent.