suppository

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsuppōnō“to put under”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromsuppositōrium
3. Middle English · inherited fromsuppositorie
4. English todaysuppository

From Middle English suppositorie, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin suppositōrium, from Late Latin, neuter of suppositōrius (“placed beneath”), from Latin suppōnō (“to put under”).