Where does “pocztowy” come from?
pocztowy (Polish) comes from Polish poczta, from Italian posta, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus, from Proto-Indo-European pro-bhwo-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
pocztowy (Polish): postal; pertaining to a unit of soldiers
Definitions
- postal; pertaining to a unit of soldiers
Ancestry of “pocztowy”, step by step
pocztowy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish poczta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | poczta | mail; post; post office |
| 2 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 3 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 5 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Polish poczet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | poczet | fellowship, retinue; A gallery of portraits; A... |
| 2 | Czech | počet | count, number; calculus |
| 3 | Czech | počítat | to count; to calculate; to number, total |
| 4 | Czech | čítat | to number, to count, to amount to |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | čitati | to read; to count |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | skait- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |