Etymology

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Today it means: A post on an online forum or an email whose contents are placed above a quoted message which is being replied to. Full definition →

English post ← Middle French poste ← Italian posta
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  1. Englishtop
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  5. Proto-Italic*po
  6. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  10. Proto-Italic*sinō
  11. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  12. Latinpōnō
  13. Latinposita
  14. Italianposta
  15. Middle Frenchposte
  16. Englishpost
  17. English todaytop-post

From top + post.

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