Etymograph

English

adposition

Adposition comes from Latin adpositum, from appōnō ‘to put near’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to cultivate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘put’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappōnōas apponere‘to put near’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadpositum
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadpositio
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2003adposition

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to cultivate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘put’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappōnōas apponere‘to put near’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadpositum
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadpositio
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2003adposition

Earliest quotation: 2003, Mark C. Baker, Lexical Categories: Verbs: “Throughout this book, I have assumed that adpositions (prepositions…”

Formed from ad- + position

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’

Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’

Latin ad ‘to, towards’

English ad-

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to build’

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Latin positus ‘placed’

Latin positiō ‘a putting, position’

Old French posicion

Middle English posicioun ‘position’

English position

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’

homeless, suppose, compound, hamlet, impose, bohemian, homely, hame, 48 more

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

apposite, prepositional, 37 more

through Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’

site, situation, posture, situate, compostela, supposition, positivism, preposition, situs, 39 more

through Proto-Italic *pozinō

compost, suppository, impost, compositor, presupposition, 23 more

through Latin pōnō ‘put’

post, purpose, positive, opposite, opponent, propose, expose, opposition, composition, dispose, compose, consolation, proposition, repository, proponent, exposition, exponent, disposition, deposition, expound, imposition, posit, presuppose, pone, 47 more

Today it means

noun An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- / adposition

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