English
depositional
From deposition + -al.
A compound of deposition + -al
Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’
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Latin dēpōnō ‘deposit, depose’
Latin depositio ‘depositing, burying’
Old French deposicion
Middle English deposicion ‘Deposing or removal from office’
English deposition
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a deposit or a deposition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / depositional