Where does “poste” come from?

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

Ancestry of “poste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpostamail, post; post office; stakes
2Italianpostoplace, spot
3Latinpositusplaced; ordained
4Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
5Proto-Italicpoznō—
6Proto-Italicpozinō—
7Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “poste”

Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →