Where does “impost” come from?
Impost comes from Middle French impost, from Latin impositus, the past participle of impono, meaning to place upon, composed of the prefix in- and ponere, to place.
impost (English): A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially...
Definitions
- A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially...
Ancestry of “impost”, step by step
impost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French impost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | impost | — |
| 2 | Latin | impōsitus | imposed, put upon |
| 3 | Latin | impōnō | to place, lay, set, or put on, in, into, over, or upon |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |