Where does “portaposate” come from?
portaposate (Italian) comes from Italian posate, from Italian posata, from Italian posare, from Latin pausāre, from Latin pauso, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
portaposate (Italian): cutlery box or basket
Ancestry of “portaposate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | posate | plural of posata; cutlery; second-person plural... |
| 2 | Italian | posata | piece of cutlery; a place mat; feminine singular... |
| 3 | Italian | posare | to put or lay down; to direct; to turn; to calm... |
| 4 | Latin | pausāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pauso | I halt, cease, pause; I rest in the grave |
| 6 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |