Etymology

postil

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French postille ← Late Latin postilla
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postil · noun1

  1. Late Latin · derived frompostilla
  2. French · derived frompostille“marginal note”
  3. English todaypostil

From French postille (“marginal note”), from Late Latin postilla, probably from post illa (verba) (“after those (words)”).

postil · verb2

  1. Late Latin · derived frompostillo
  2. English todaypostil

From Late Latin postillo.

Words from the same roots

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