Where does “depositor” come from?
Depositor comes from English deposit, from Latin depositus, the past participle of depono meaning to put down or entrust, from de- meaning away or down.
depositor (English): A person who makes a deposit, especially a...
Definitions
- A person who makes a deposit, especially a...
Ancestry of “depositor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | deposit | Sediment or rock that is not native to its... |
| 2 | Latin | dēpositus | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēpōnō | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē | — |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |