English

flagpost

From flag + post.

A compound of flag + post

Middle English flag

English flag

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Proto-Italic *postis

Latin postis ‘door’

Old French post

Middle English post

English post

Today it means

noun flagpole

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Etymograph / flagpost

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