Where does “avant-poste” come from?
avant-poste (French) comes from French poste, from Italian posta, from Italian posto, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.
avant-poste (French): outpost
Definitions
- outpost
Ancestry of “avant-poste”, step by step
avant-poste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French poste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | poste | post office; mail, postal service/system; job,... |
| 2 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 3 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 4 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 5 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via French avant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 2 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |