Etymograph

English

disposit

Disposit comes from Latin dispositus ‘disposed, distributed, arranged’, 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 CEdispōnō2‘dispose, distribute, arrange’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdispositus3‘disposed, distributed, arranged’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1952disposit3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin dispono
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin dispositus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English disposit
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1952, Frank Twyman: “But the method did not become practicable until Liebig…”.

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, Latin dispositus‘dispose, distribute, arrange’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdispositusWiktionary, English disposit‘disposed, distributed, arranged’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1952dispositWiktionary, English disposit. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1952, Frank Twyman: “But the method did not become practicable until Liebig…”

Linked words

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

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

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

prepositional, 39 more

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

situation, site, composition, posture, supposition, preposition, situate, compostela, situs, 40 more

through Proto-Italic *pozinō

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

through Latin pōnō ‘place, put’

post, position, purpose, positive, opponent, opposite, propose, expose, consolation, compose, proponent, repository, exponent, expound, pone, presuppose, suppository, positivism, compositor, apposite, 51 more

Today it means

verb To deposit.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “disposit”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin dispono, Latin dispositus. 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- / disposit

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