Where does “adposition” come from?
adposition (English) comes from English Position, from Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
adposition (English): An element that combines syntactically with a...
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- An element that combines syntactically with a...
Ancestry of “adposition”, step by step
adposition traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Position
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Position | A place or location |
| 2 | Middle English | posicioun | Position or location on the body; A announcement... |
| 3 | Old French | posicion | — |
| 4 | Latin | positiō | position, place |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin adpositio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | adpositio | Alternative form of appositiō |
| 2 | Latin | adpositum | nominative neuter singular of adpositus;... |
| 3 | Latin | adponere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | apponere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | appono | to appoint, assign |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English AD
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | AD | borrowed from Latin; in the year of our Lord |
| 2 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 3 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 4 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 5 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 6 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 7 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |