Etymology

postcode

post·code
P3O1S1T1C3O1D2E1

Today it means: A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail. Full definition →

English code ← Middle English code ← Old French code
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  4. Proto-Italic*po
  5. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  9. Proto-Italic*sinō
  10. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  11. Latinpōnō
  12. Latinposita
  13. Italianposta
  14. Middle Frenchposte
  15. Englishpost
  16. Latincaudex
  17. Latincōdex
  18. Old Frenchcode
  19. Middle Englishcode
  20. Englishcode
  21. English todaypostcode

From post + code.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.