Where does “deposits” come from?
Deposits comes from Latin depositus, the past participle of depono, formed from the prefix de- meaning "away" and ponere meaning "to place."
deposits (English): plural of deposit; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of deposit; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “deposits”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deposit | Sediment or rock that is not native to its... |
| 2 | Latin | dēpositus | deposited |
| 3 | Latin | dēpōnō | to lay, set, put or place aside or away; deposit |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |