Where does “prepozicio” come from?
prepozicio (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pozicio, from Polish pozować, from Polish poza, from Polish za, from Polish w, from Polish reszta, from German Rest, from Italian resto — to produce; to yield; to give.
prepozicio (Esperanto): preposition
Ancestry of “prepozicio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | pozicio | position |
| 2 | Polish | pozować | — |
| 3 | Polish | poza | beyond, out of; except; pose, posture |
| 4 | Polish | za | behind; for, after; in, for |
| 5 | Polish | w | in, at, on; into, in; on |
| 6 | Polish | reszta | rest; change; remainder |
| 7 | German | Rest | rest, remainder, remnant; radical |
| 8 | Italian | resto | rest, remainder, balance; change, rest; remains ,... |
| 9 | Italian | restare | to stay; to remain |
| 10 | Latin | restō | — |
| 11 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 12 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 13 | French | produire | to produce, to yield; to happen, take place; to... |
| 14 | Middle French | produire | to produce; to yield; to give |