Where does “Post” come from?

Post (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, from Italian posto, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō.

Post (Plautdietsch): mail, post

Definitions

  1. mail, post

Ancestry of “Post”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanpost—
2Middle Frenchposte—
3Italianpostamail, post; post office; stakes
4Italianpostoplace, spot
5Latinpositusplaced; ordained
6Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
7Proto-Italicpoznō—
8Proto-Italicpozinō—
9Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “Post”

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