posicioun
Middle English
/pɔziˈsjuːn/
noun
Definitions
- (surgery) Position or location on the body.
- (rare) A announcement of one's stance, belief or position.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French posicion derived from Latin positiō (position, theme).
Origin
Latin
positiō
Gloss
position, theme
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Trendelenburg position English
- adposition English
- ambiposition English
- apposition English
- circumposition English
- composition English
- contraposition English
- counterposition English
- deposition English
- dextroposition English
- disposition English
- exposition English
- extraposition English
- foreposition English
- geoposition English
- imposition English
- infraposition English
- interposition English
- like-positioned English
- malposition English
- misposition English
- multiposition English
- outposition English
- position English
- positionability English
- positionable English
- positional English
- positionally English
- positioner English
- positionless English
- possie English
- postposition English
- preposition English
- proposition English
- reposition English
- retroposition English
- supposition English
- compositio Latin
- positio Latin
- positiō Latin
- suppositio Latin
- positio Italian
- position French
- posición Spanish, Castilian
- apposicioun Middle English
- composicioun Middle English
- deposicion Middle English
- disposicioun Middle English
- exposicioun Middle English
- imposicioun Middle English
- indisposicioun Middle English
- interposicion Middle English
- preposicioun Middle English
- proposicioun Middle English
- supposicioun Middle English
- undisposicioun Middle English
- composicion Old French
- deposicion Old French
- esposicion Old French
- imposicion Old French
- interposicion Old French
- posicion Old French
- preposicion Old French
- proposicion Old French
- posició Catalan, Valencian
- posición Galician
- apposition Middle French
- disposition Middle French
- posicion Occitan
- posision Venetian
- posisen Tok Pisin
- supposicion xno
- posisjon Norwegian