Where does “deposit” come from?
Deposit comes from Latin depositus, the past participle of depōnere, formed from the prefix dē- and pōnere meaning "to put or place."
deposit (English): Sediment or rock that is not native to its...
Definitions
- Sediment or rock that is not native to its...
Ancestry of “deposit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | dēpositus | deposited |
| 2 | Latin | dēpōnō | to lay, set, put or place aside or away; deposit |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |