Where does “apposite” come from?
Apposite derives from Latin appositus, the past participle of adponere meaning "to place toward," from ad- "to" and ponere "to place," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd "to place or fit."
apposite (English): Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited...
Definitions
- Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited...
Ancestry of “apposite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | appositus | appointed, assigned; adjacent, near; appropriate,... |
| 2 | Latin | adponere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | apponere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | appono | to appoint, assign |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |