Where does “apposition” come from?
Apposition comes from Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositio, the noun form of appositum, the past participle of apponere, formed from the prefix ad- meaning toward and ponere meaning to place.
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Ancestry of “apposition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | apposicioun | The act of adding or utlising; apposition;... |
| 2 | Middle French | apposition | — |
| 3 | Latin | appositio | apposition |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |