Etymograph

English

appositio

Appositio comes from Latin appositiō ‘apposition’, from appōnō ‘to appoint, assign’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-1‘to cultivate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinéti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō1‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinō1reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō1‘to ordain’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEappōnō1‘to appoint, assign’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEappositiō1‘apposition’
  8. Englishtodayappositio1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English appositio

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-Wiktionary, English appositio‘to cultivate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétiWiktionary, English appositioreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinōWiktionary, English appositio‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōWiktionary, English appositioreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnōWiktionary, English appositio‘to ordain’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEappōnōWiktionary, English appositio‘to appoint, assign’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEappositiōWiktionary, English appositio‘apposition’
  8. EnglishtodayappositioWiktionary, English appositio

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’

homeless, suppose, compound, hamlet, impose, bohemian, homely, hame, 48 more

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

prepositional, 37 more

through Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’

site, situation, composition, posture, situate, compostela, preposition, positivism, supposition, situs, 38 more

through Proto-Italic *pozinō

opposition, proposition, compost, exposition, disposition, deposition, imposition, impost, suppository, compositor, presupposition, 23 more

through Latin pōnō ‘to ordain’

post, purpose, position, positive, opponent, opposite, propose, expose, consolation, dispose, compose, proponent, repository, exponent, expound, posit, pone, presuppose, 53 more

Today it means

noun Addition of an element not syntactically required for purpose of description or explanation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “appositio”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- / appositio

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