Etymograph

English

oppone

Oppone comes from Latin oppōnō ‘to oppose, object’, from pōnō ‘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‘put’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoppōnō2as opponere‘to oppose, object’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1610oppone2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin oppono
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English oppone
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1610, Ben[jamin] Jonson: “Out of his Indies: what can you not do,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-Wiktionary, Latin oppono‘to cultivate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétiWiktionary, Latin opponoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinōWiktionary, Latin oppono‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōWiktionary, Latin opponoreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnōWiktionary, Latin oppono‘put’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoppōnōWiktionary, English opponeas opponere‘to oppose, object’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1610opponeWiktionary, English oppone. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1610, Ben[jamin] Jonson: “Out of his Indies: what can you not do,…”

Linked words

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

homeless, suppose, compound, impose, hamlet, bohemian, homely, hame, 49 more

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

prepositional, apposite, 38 more

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

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

through Proto-Italic *pozinō

proposition, exposition, deposition, disposition, compost, imposition, compositor, suppository, impost, presupposition, 24 more

through Latin pōnō ‘put’

post, position, positive, purpose, expose, propose, consolation, dispose, repository, compose, posit, proponent, exponent, expound, presuppose, 54 more

through Latin oppōnō ‘to oppose, object’

opposite, opposition, 2 more

Today it means

verb To oppose.

Sources

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

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