Where does “aposto” come from?

aposto (Portuguese) comes from Latin appositus, from Latin adponere, from Latin apponere, from Latin appono, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

aposto (Portuguese): at the ready; noun in apposition

Definitions

  1. at the ready; noun in apposition

Ancestry of “aposto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinappositusappointed, assigned; adjacent, near; appropriate,...
2Latinadponeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinapponeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinapponoto appoint, assign
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “aposto

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