The story
- Latin · derived fromsupponere“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”
- Old French · derived fromsupposer
- Middle English · inherited fromsupposen
- English todaysuppose
From Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (“under”) + poser (“to place”); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”), suppositum. See pose.
Words from the same roots
Latinsupponere all →
suppositum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.