Where does “posta” come from?

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

posta (Italian): mail, post; post office; stakes

Definitions

  1. mail, post; post office; stakes

Ancestry of “posta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “posta”

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