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Where does “posto” come from?

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

posto (Italian): place, spot; place, position ; often not...

Definitions

  1. place, spot; place, position ; often not...

Ancestry of “posto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpositusplaced; ordained
2Latinpōnō—
3Proto-Italicpoznō—
4Proto-Italicpozinō—
5Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “posto”

  • contrapposto
  • poste
  • soprapposto
  • posteria
  • contrapposto
  • appostare
  • appostamento
  • spostabile
  • spostabilità
  • triposto
  • pluriposto
  • postino
  • posta
  • spostare
  • sottoposto
  • postaccio
  • monoposto
  • postacelere
  • fuoriposto
  • posti
  • portaposta
  • postale
  • aeropostale
  • aeroposta
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