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Where does “postpose” come from?

postpose (English) comes from French postposer, from Latin postpono, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

postpose (English): To place after another in a sentence, especially...

Definitions

  1. To place after another in a sentence, especially...

Ancestry of “postpose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpostposerto postpose; to postpone
2LatinpostponoI postpone; I neglect or disregard
3Latinpōnō—
4Proto-Italicpoznō—
5Proto-Italicpozinō—
6Proto-Italicsinō—
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