Etymology Explorer › Latin

Where does “postpositus” come from?

postpositus (Latin) comes from Latin postpono, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

postpositus (Latin): postponed; neglected, disregarded

Definitions

  1. postponed; neglected, disregarded

Ancestry of “postpositus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpostponoI postpone; I neglect or disregard
2Latinpōnō—
3Proto-Italicpoznō—
4Proto-Italicpozinō—
5Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “postpositus”

  • postposit
Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →