Where does “postar” come from?
postar (Spanish) comes from Italian postare, from Swedish post, from German posten, from English post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, from Italian posto, from Latin positus.
postar (Spanish): to bet
Definitions
- to bet
Ancestry of “postar”, step by step
postar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian postare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | postare | to post |
| 2 | Swedish | post | postal office; an organization delivering mail... |
| 3 | German | posten | to post; inflection of posen: ##... |
| 4 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 5 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 6 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 7 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 8 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 9 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via Romanian poștă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | poștă | post |
| 2 | French | poster | To post, mail; To post; poster |
| 3 | English | poster | A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |