Where does “Adposition” come from?

Adposition (German) comes from Latin adpositio, from Latin adpositum, from Latin adponere, from Latin apponere, from Latin appono, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

Adposition (German): adposition

Definitions

  1. adposition

Ancestry of “Adposition”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinadpositioAlternative form of appositiō
2Latinadpositumnominative neuter singular of adpositus;...
3Latinadponeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinapponeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latinapponoto appoint, assign
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-