Where does “suppositorie” come from?
suppositorie (Middle English) comes from Medieval Latin suppositorium, from Latin suppositorius, from Latin suppōnō, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.
Ancestry of “suppositorie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | suppositorium | — |
| 2 | Latin | suppositorius | placed beneath |
| 3 | Latin | suppōnō | to put, place under |
| 4 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |