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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

  1. Something that is posited; a postulate;...

Ancestry of “posit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpositusplaced; ordained
2Latinpōnō—
3Proto-Italicpoznō—
4Proto-Italicpozinō—
5Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “posit”

  • prepositor
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