Etymograph

English

gunpost

From gun + post.

Formed from gun + post

Middle English gunne

English gun

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 A secure place where a soldier can operate a gun.

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

Etymograph / gunpost