Where does “postcervical” come from?

postcervical (English) comes from English post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, from Italian posto, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō.

postcervical (English): Beyond the cervix

Definitions

  1. Beyond the cervix

Ancestry of “postcervical”, step by step

postcervical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English post

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpostA long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;...
2Middle Frenchposte—
3Italianpostamail, post; post office; stakes
4Italianpostoplace, spot
5Latinpositusplaced; ordained
6Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
7Proto-Italicpoznō—
8Proto-Italicpozinō—
9Proto-Italicsinō—

via English cervical

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcervicalof the neck; of the cervix; A cervical vertebra
2Frenchcervicalcervical
3New Latincervicalisgenitive singular of cervīcal
Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →