Where does “poso” come from?

poso (Tagalog) comes from Spanish pozo, from Old Spanish poço, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

poso (Tagalog): water pump, usually for dispensing water for...

Definitions

  1. water pump, usually for dispensing water for...

Ancestry of “poso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpozowell
2Old Spanishpoçowell (hole in the ground as a source of water or other fluids)
3Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
4Latin-alnoun-forming suffix
Every word from Latin -al