Etymograph

English

infraposition

From infra- + position.

Formed from infra- + position

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’

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Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’

Latin ferō ‘to bear’

Latin īnferō ‘to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in,…’

Latin īnfrā ‘below’

English infra-

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

Today it means

noun A situation or state of being beneath something else.

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

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