Private is derived from (by way of influence of one on the other) and bridges two older roots with sometimes opposing meanings, privus and privare. Privare became privatus which became private, while the meanings of privus were also imposed throughout the process. Privus referred to something that belonged to an individual, whereas privare spoke of privation , the taking from others. As a result, private property can be spoken of in either sense, of privus or property that is reserved for the individual (but is not necessarily a privation) such as distinguished from the “public,” or privare, property that has been taken from out of the folklands or commons as a privation to the folk or commoners (this is the stronger source of the word with regard to property, corresponding to enclosures and Roman usage).
Capitalists defend private property in both senses (as supporters of private enclosure), communists deny property in both senses (not distinguishing land from capital), nationalists deny (in substance, since all private claims must serve the state) the first and promote the second sense, and mutualists and Georgists generally deny the second but support the first sense, with some preferring to speak of this as personal property, usufruct, possession, stewardship, or etc. rather than as private property, owing to the second sense.