Where does “főposta” come from?

főposta (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian posta, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

főposta (Hungarian): general post office

Definitions

  1. general post office

Ancestry of “főposta”, step by step

főposta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian posta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpostamail, post; post office
2Latinpositusplaced; ordained
3Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
4Proto-Italicpoznō—
5Proto-Italicpozinō—
6Proto-Italicsinō—

via Hungarian fő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfőmain, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core, most...
2Hungarianfejhead; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,...
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

Words derived from “főposta”

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