English
posticipate
Posticipate comes from English post ‘later, after’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂p-root as named
- English1500–presentpost‘later, after’
- Englishtodayposticipate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂p-root as named
- English1500–presentpost‘later, after’
- Englishtodayposticipate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-
princess, principal, receiver, unacceptable, receptor, receipt, incapable, inception, interception, participant, princely, perceptive, occupier, misbehave, recuperate, recuperation, incipient, 8 more
through English post ‘later, after’
Today it means
verb To do something later, when the time has come.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- / posticipate