'private' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'privatus,' where 'privare' meant 'to deprive' or 'to separate.'

'privatus' transformed into the Old French word 'privé,' and eventually became the modern English word 'private' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to deprive or separate,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only.'