English
deposit
Deposit comes from Latin depositus ‘deposited’, and goes back to depono ‘put down’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdepono‘put down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdepositus‘deposited’past participle of depono
- Englishearliest quotation 1654deposit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdepono‘put down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdepositus‘deposited’past participle of depono
- Englishearliest quotation 1654deposit
Earliest quotation: 1654, Henry Hammond: “reform and deposit his error”.
A compound of dē ‘of’ + dē- + dēpōnō ‘to lay, set, put or place aside or away’
Proto-Indo-European *de ‘to, towards’
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ ‘toward, in the direction of’
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē ‘of; concerning; about’
Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’
Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti
Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’
Proto-Italic *pozinō
Latin pōnō ‘to place’
Latin dēpōnō ‘to lay, set, put or place aside or away’
Linked words
through Latin depono ‘put down’
Today it means
noun Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin depono / deposit