Where does “postulate” come from?
Postulate comes from Medieval Latin postulatus, past participle of Latin postulo meaning to demand or request, derived from Proto-Italic porskō, which traces to Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti and the root preḱ-.
postulate (English): Something assumed without proof as being...
Definitions
- Something assumed without proof as being...
Ancestry of “postulate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | postulatus | claim, demand, suit; request; genitive singular... |
| 2 | Latin | postulō | to demand, ask, request, desire |
| 3 | Latin | posco | I beg, I demand, I request, I desire; I demand... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | porskō | ask for, request, demand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱéti | to keep asking, to question |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |