Where does “posponiment” come from?

posponiment (Maltese) comes from Italian posponimento, from Italian posporre, from Latin postpono, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

posponiment (Maltese): postponement

Definitions

  1. postponement

Ancestry of “posponiment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianposponimentopostposition; postponement
2ItalianposporreTo postpone or put off; To subordinate
3LatinpostponoI postpone; I neglect or disregard
4Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
5Proto-Italicpoznō—
6Proto-Italicpozinō—
7Proto-Italicsinō—
Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →
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