Where does “post” come from?

post (Polish) comes from English post, from Middle English post.

post (Polish): fast; post

Definitions

  1. fast; post

Ancestry of “post”, step by step

post traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English post

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpostA long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;...
2Middle Englishpost

via Proto-Slavic postъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpostъfast period of restricted eating
2Old High Germanfastafast

Words derived from “post

Every word from Middle English postEvery word from English post