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