English
interpone
Interpone comes from Latin interpōnō ‘to put, place or lay between or among’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘to place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterpōnōas interponere‘to put, place or lay between or among’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678interpone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘to place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterpōnōas interponere‘to put, place or lay between or among’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678interpone
Earliest quotation: 1678, Ralph Cudworth, London: […] Richard Royston: “Plotinus did postpone his Psyche, or soul, after the…”
A compound of interponere + ponere ‘to place’
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 interpōnō ‘to put, place or lay between or among’
Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to build, cultivate’
Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti
Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’
Latin *sinō ‘to put in place’
Latin pōnō ‘to place’
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-
Today it means
verb To interpose; to insert or place between.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- / interpone