Where does “postfossette” come from?
postfossette (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.
postfossette (English): A fossette anterior to a metaloph, especially in...
Definitions
- A fossette anterior to a metaloph, especially in...
Ancestry of “postfossette”, step by step
postfossette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 5 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 6 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via English fossette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fossette | A little hollow; a dimple; A small, deep-centred... |
| 2 | French | fossé | ditch; trench; moat |
| 3 | Middle French | fossé | trench; ditch |
| 4 | Old French | fossé | fosse |
| 5 | Late Latin | fossatum | entrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch; a ditch,... |
| 6 | Latin | fossō | to dig, pierce |
| 7 | Latin | fodiō | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |