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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinappōnō—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “appose”

  • apposable
  • apposer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →