Where does “posit” come from?
Posit comes from Latin positus, the past participle of pono, from Proto-Italic posnō, ultimately from Proto-Italic pozinō.
posit (English): Something that is posited; a postulate;...
Definitions
- Something that is posited; a postulate;...
Ancestry of “posit”, step by step
posit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin positus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 2 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via English post-it
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post-it | A post-it note |