Post
German (Berlin)
/pɔst/, /pɔʊ̯st/, /pɔʊ̯st/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) postpost
- (uncountable) post
- (countable) post office
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian posta (stopping-place for coaches, stopping-place, post office) derived from Latin positus (position).
Origin
Latin
positus
Gloss
position
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- posit English
- post English
- *postīcius Latin
- positus Latin
- postus Latin
- Auto German
- Fach German
- Horn German
- Karte German
- Kutsche German
- Lager German
- Postauto German
- Postfach German
- Posthorn German
- Posthornschnecke German
- Postkarte German
- Postkutsche German
- Postlagerkarte German
- Postleitzahl German
- Zahl German
- frisch German
- lagernd German
- leiten German
- postfrisch German
- postlagernd German
- postwendend German
- wendend German
- posta Hungarian
- aeroposta Italian
- appostare Italian
- portaposta Italian
- posta Italian
- postale Italian
- posto Italian
- avant-poste French
- poste French
- poster French
- postier French
- почта Russian
- pósito Spanish, Castilian
- *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European
- post Norwegian Bokmål
- poczta Polish
- post Norwegian Nynorsk
- post Danish
- pastmarka Latvian
- pastniece Latvian
- pastnieks Latvian
- pasts Latvian
- poste Middle French
- posta Old Portuguese
- post Cimbrian
- apostizo Old Spanish
- post Mòcheno