Where does “juxtapose” come from?
Juxtapose comes from French juxtaposer, from French poser and Latin iuxta meaning beside, ultimately from Latin pausare, a verb meaning to stop or pause.
juxtapose (English): To place side by side, especially for contrast or...
Definitions
- To place side by side, especially for contrast or...
Ancestry of “juxtapose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | juxtaposer | to juxtapose |
| 2 | French | poser | to stop carrying, to put down; to ask; to land |
| 3 | Old French | poser | to put; to place; to suggest; to propose; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pauso | to blin, cease, pause; I halt, cease, pause; I... |
| 5 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |