Where does “pozi” come from?
pozi (Esperanto) comes from Polish pozować, from Polish poza, from Polish za, from Polish w, from Polish reszta, from German Rest, from Italian resto, from Italian restare — to pull, to draw; to lead.
pozi (Esperanto): to pose for painting, photography, etc
Definitions
- to pose for painting, photography, etc
Ancestry of “pozi”, step by step
pozi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish pozować
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | pozować | to pose |
| 2 | Polish | poza | beyond, out of; except; pose, posture |
| 3 | Polish | za | behind; for, after; in, for |
| 4 | Polish | w | in, at, on; into, in; on |
| 5 | Polish | reszta | rest; change; remainder |
| 6 | German | Rest | rest, remainder, remnant; radical |
| 7 | Italian | resto | rest, remainder, balance |
| 8 | Italian | restare | to stay; to remain |
| 9 | Latin | restō | to stand firm; to stay behind |
| 10 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 11 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 12 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
via German posieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | posieren | to pose |
| 2 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English posé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | posé | Standing still, with all the feet on the ground |
| 2 | Middle English | pose | — |
| 3 | Old English | ġeposu | cold in the head; catarrh |
| 4 | Old English | ġepos | a sneeze, snort; sneeze, snort |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pusą | sneeze, snort |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pusōną | — |
| 7 | Finnish | pus- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |