Etymograph

English

dispone

Dispone comes from Latin dispōnō ‘to arrange’, from pōnō ‘place, put’, 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‘place, put’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdispōnō2as disponĕre‘to arrange’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1898dispone2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin dispono
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English dispone
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1898, R. S. Craig, Adam Laing: “The said William Aitken, being of new solemnly sworn,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-Wiktionary, Latin dispono‘to cultivate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétiWiktionary, Latin disponoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinōWiktionary, Latin dispono‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōWiktionary, Latin disponoreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnōWiktionary, Latin dispono‘place, put’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdispōnōWiktionary, English disponeas disponĕre‘to arrange’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1898disponeWiktionary, English dispone. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1898, R. S. Craig, Adam Laing: “The said William Aitken, being of new solemnly sworn,…”

Linked words

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

suppose, homeless, compound, impose, hamlet, bohemian, homely, hame, 50 more

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

prepositional, apposite, 39 more

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

site, situation, composition, posture, situate, supposition, preposition, compostela, positivism, situs, 41 more

through Proto-Italic *pozinō

opposition, proposition, exposition, deposition, compost, imposition, suppository, compositor, presupposition, impost, 25 more

through Latin pōnō ‘place, put’

post, position, positive, purpose, opposite, propose, expose, opponent, consolation, repository, compose, proponent, posit, exponent, expound, presuppose, 55 more

Today it means

verb To convey legal authority to another.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “dispone”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin dispono. 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- / dispone

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