Where does “ripostă” come from?
ripostă (Romanian) comes from French riposter, from French riposte, from Italian risposta, from Italian posta, from Italian posto, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō.
ripostă (Romanian): riposte
Definitions
- riposte
Ancestry of “ripostă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | riposter | to retort; to ripost |
| 2 | French | riposte | riposte; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Italian | risposta | answer, reply, response, feedback |
| 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 | — |