Where does “prepostero” come from?
prepostero (Italian) comes from Latin praeposterus, from Latin posterus, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.
prepostero (Italian): reverse, back-to-front
Definitions
- reverse, back-to-front
Ancestry of “prepostero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | praeposterus | reversed, inverted; perverted, distorted; absurd,... |
| 2 | Latin | posterus | following, next, coming after; inferior |
| 3 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 4 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |