Where does “juxtaposition” come from?
Juxtaposition comes from French juxtaposition, from French position, from Old French posicion, from Latin positio, derived from Latin ponere and pono, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European yewg- and Proto-Italic pozinō.
juxtaposition (English): The nearness of objects with little or no...
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- The nearness of objects with little or no...
Ancestry of “juxtaposition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | juxtaposition | juxtaposition |
| 2 | French | position | position |
| 3 | Old French | posicion | — |
| 4 | Latin | positiō | position, place |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |