Where does “suppositious” come from?
suppositious (English) comes from New Latin suppositius, from Latin suppositicius, from Latin suppositus, from Latin suppōnō, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.
suppositious (English): Spurious; substituted for the genuine,...
Definitions
- Spurious; substituted for the genuine,...
Ancestry of “suppositious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | suppositius | — |
| 2 | Latin | suppositicius | substituted (put in place of another) |
| 3 | Latin | suppositus | subjected |
| 4 | Latin | suppōnō | to put, place under |
| 5 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |