imposicioun
Middle English
/impɔziˈsjuːn/
noun
Definitions
- A charge or fee or its collection or retrieval.
- (rare) Regulating, ordering, administering.
- (rare) The process of giving a name.
- (rare) Entering, putting something inside.
- (rare) laying on of hands
- (rare) Imputation; making a claim about someone.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French imposicion derived from Latin impositiō affix from Middle English posicioun.
Origin
Middle English
posicioun
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- imposition English
- impositional English
- position English
- reimposition English
- superimposition English
- impositiō Latin
- apposicioun Middle English
- composicioun Middle English
- deposicion Middle English
- disposicioun Middle English
- exposicioun Middle English
- interposicion Middle English
- posicioun Middle English
- preposicioun Middle English
- proposicioun Middle English
- supposicioun Middle English
- imposicion Old French
- posicion Old French
- imposició Catalan, Valencian