Where does “appose” come from?

appose (English) comes from Latin appōnō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

appose (English): To interrogate; to question; To place next or to...

Definitions

  1. To interrogate; to question; To place next or to...

Ancestry of “appose”, step by step

appose traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin appōnō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinappōnōto appoint, assign
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English oppose

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishopposeTo attempt to stop the progression of; to resist...
2Middle Englishopposen—
3Old Frenchopposer—
4Latinobin the direction of, to, towards; on account of,...
5Proto-Italic*optowards

Words derived from “appose”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →