Where does “postinaugural” come from?
postinaugural (English) comes from English post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus, from Proto-Indo-European pro-bhwo-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
postinaugural (English): After inauguration
Definitions
- After inauguration
Ancestry of “postinaugural”, step by step
postinaugural 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 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 6 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English inaugural
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inaugural | Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the... |
| 2 | French | inaugural | inaugural |
| 3 | French | inaugurer | to inaugurate |
| 4 | Latin | inaugurō | to divine, practice augury, take omens from the flight of birds |
| 5 | Latin | auguro | I predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,... |
| 6 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 7 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |