Where does “post” come from?

post (Norwegian Nynorsk) 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.

post (Norwegian Nynorsk): post or mail

Definitions

  1. post or mail

Ancestry of “post”, 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 “post”

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