Etymograph

English

repone

Repone comes from Latin reponō ‘to put back’, and goes back to 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. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō3‘put’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreponō4as reponere‘to put back’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1852repone4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sino
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin pono
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin repono
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English repone
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1852, Cases Decided in the Court of Session: “On 5th June Stephenson and Company presented a petition…”.

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. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnōWiktionary, Latin repono‘put’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreponōWiktionary, English reponeas reponere‘to put back’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1852reponeWiktionary, English repone. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1852, Cases Decided in the Court of Session: “On 5th June Stephenson and Company presented a petition…”

A compound of reponere + ponere ‘to place’

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

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’

Latin *sinō ‘to put in place’

Latin pōnō ‘put’

Latin reponō ‘to put back’

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

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’

Latin *sinō ‘to put in place’

Latin pōnō ‘to place’

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Today it means

verb To replace.

Sources

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

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