Etymology

apposition

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Today it means: A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence. Full definition →

Middle English apposicioun ← Middle French apposition ← Latin appositiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromappositiō
  2. Middle French · derived fromapposition
  3. Middle English · inherited fromapposicioun
  4. English todayapposition

From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, action noun of appōnere (“to put near”).

Words from the same roots

Latinappositiō all →

appositio

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