Where does “riposte” come from?

riposte (French) comes from Italian risposta, from Italian posta, from Italian posto, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

riposte (French): riposte; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. riposte; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “riposte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrispostaanswer, reply, response, feedback
2Italianpostamail, post; post office; stakes
3Italianpostoplace, spot
4Latinpositusplaced; ordained
5Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
6Proto-Italicpoznō—
7Proto-Italicpozinō—
8Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “riposte”

Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →