Etymograph

English

pone

Pone comes from Late Latin pone ‘behind’, from pōnō ‘to place’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to build, cultivate’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-1‘to build, cultivate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinéti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō1‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*sinō2‘to put in place’reconstructed
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpōnō3as pōnere, imperative‘to place’
  6. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpone3‘behind’
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400pone3
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pone3
  9. Englishtodaypone3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sino
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin pono
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English pone

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-Wiktionary, Latin sino‘to build, cultivate’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétiWiktionary, Latin sinoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinōWiktionary, Latin sino‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*sinōWiktionary, Latin pono‘to put in place’reconstructed
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpōnōWiktionary, English poneas pōnere, imperative‘to place’
  6. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEponeWiktionary, English pone‘behind’
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400poneWiktionary, English pone
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500poneWiktionary, English pone
  9. EnglishtodayponeWiktionary, English pone

Linked words

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

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

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

opposition, proposition, exposition, disposition, deposition, compost, imposition, suppository, compositor, presupposition, prepositional, apposite, impost, 37 more

through Latin *sinō ‘to put in place’

site, situation, composition, posture, situate, supposition, preposition, positivism, compostela, situs, 15 more

through Late Latin pōnō ‘to place’

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

Today it means

noun A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pone”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin sino, Latin pono. 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- / pone

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