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postEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s Proto-Italic *porstis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s Proto-Italic *postis Latin postisbor. Old English post ▲ Latin postisder. Old French postbor. Middle English post English post Inherited from Middle English post, from Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Old French post (“post, upright beam”), both from Latin postis (“door, post, doorpost”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗postEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s Proto-Italic *porstis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s Proto-Italic *postis Latin postisbor. Old English post ▲ Latin postisder. Old French postbor. Middle English post English post Inherited from Middle English post, from Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Old French post (“post, upright beam”), both from Latin postis (“door, post, doorpost”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗postEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Latin posita Italian postader. Middle French postebor. English post Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗postEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Latin posita Italian postader. Middle French postebor. English post Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗postEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Latin posita Italian postader. Middle French postebor. English post Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗postEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Probably from French poste.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗postEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin postlbor. English post Learned borrowing from Latin post.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗postEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Clipping of post-production.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗postEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
Clipping of post mortem.
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1908- PostEnglish · e-38699-3743
Post, pōst, n. a piece of timber fixed in the ground, generally as a support to something else: a pillar.—v.t. to fix on or to a post, or to any conspicuous position, in a public place: to expose to public reproach, to p
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Post, pōst, n. a fixed place, as a military station: a fixed place or stage on a road: an office: one who travels by stages, esp. carrying letters, &c.: a public letter-carrier: an established system of conveying letters
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Post, pōst, adv. and prep. after, behind—in compounds as Post-abdominal, Post-anal, Post-axial, Post-brachial, Post-canonical, Post-clavicle, Post-embryonic, &c.—adj. Post′-class′ical, after those Greek and Latin writers
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