Where does “Postaumt” come from?
Postaumt (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Post, 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.
Postaumt (Plautdietsch): post office
Definitions
- post office
Ancestry of “Postaumt”, step by step
Postaumt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Post | mail, post |
| 2 | Middle Low German | post | — |
| 3 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 4 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 5 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 6 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 7 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |