Latin

*sinō

‘to put in place’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin *sinō.

31 English words in this record descend from Latin *sinō, most familiar first.

• site ← situs
• position ← posicioun ← posicion ← positiō ← positus
• situation ← situacioun ← situatio ← situare ← situs
• purpose ← purposen ← purposer ← prōpōnō ← pōnō
• composition ← composicioun ← composicion ← compositiō ← positiō
• posture ← postura ← positūrus ← pōnō
• repository ← reposytorye ← repositōrium ← repōnō ← pōnō
• exponent ← expōnēns ← expōnō ← pōnō
• posit ← positus ← pōnō
• supposition ← supposicioun ← supposicion ← suppositiō ← positiōnem
• preposition ← preposicioun ← preposicion ← praepositio ← praepono
• positivism ← positivisme ← positif ← positīvus ← pōnō

More words from *sinō

• situate
• compostela
• prepositional
• pone
• apposite
• situs
• propound
• ponent
• postilion
• compositive
• desinence
• desinential
• imponent
• positura
• ponibility
• prepone
• prepositive
• reposit
• situal

Etymograph / Latin *sinō