Where does “apostar” come from?
apostar (Spanish) comes from Spanish postar, from Italian postare, from Swedish post, from German posten, from English post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, from Italian posto.
apostar (Spanish): to bet; to post
Definitions
- to bet; to post
Ancestry of “apostar”, step by step
apostar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish postar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | postar | to bet |
| 2 | Italian | postare | to post |
| 3 | Swedish | post | postal office; an organization delivering mail... |
| 4 | German | posten | to post; inflection of posen: ##... |
| 5 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 6 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 7 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 8 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 9 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 10 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via Latin appositāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | appositāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | appositus | appointed, assigned; adjacent, near; appropriate,... |
| 3 | Latin | adponere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | apponere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | appono | to appoint, assign |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |