What does the name of the unix command apropos mean? Apropos is a tool to search the headers of the man pages for a string. What does the name **apropos** mean?

> ap·ro·pos
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> /ˌæprəˈpoʊ/ Show Spelled[ap-ruh-poh] Show IPA –adverb
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> 1\. fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.
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> 2\. Obsolete. By the way. –adjective
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> 3\. opportune; pertinent: apropos remarks. —Idiom
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> 4\. apropos of, with reference to; in respect or regard to: apropos of the preceding statement.

Definition #4 is where the unix command stems from. The results returned are _in reference to_ the input argument.