Where does “suppository” come from?
Suppository comes from Middle English suppositorie, from Medieval Latin suppositorium, from Latin suppositorius, an adjective derived from supponere meaning to place under, itself composed of sub under and pono to place.
suppository (English): A medicine in the form of a small plug that is...
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- A medicine in the form of a small plug that is...
Ancestry of “suppository”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | suppositorie | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | suppositorium | — |
| 3 | Latin | suppositorius | placed beneath |
| 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 | — |