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

general post office

Ancestry of “főposta”, step by step

főposta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian posta

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hungarian	posta	mail, post; post office
2	Latin	positus	placed; ordained
3	Latin	pōnō	to place; to put; to lay
4	Proto-Italic	poznō	—
5	Proto-Italic	pozinō	—
6	Proto-Italic	sinō	—

via Hungarian fő

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hungarian	fő	main, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core, most...
2	Hungarian	fej	head; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,...
3	Proto-Uralic	päŋe	head

Words derived from “főposta”

főposták

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