Etymology of the English word position
the English word
positionderived from the Old French word
posicionderived from the Latin word
positio (place; arrangement, layout; placing; attitude, mental position, condition; position, place; framing)
derived from the Latin word
positus (placed; situation, position; arrangement)
derived from the Latin word
ponere (esteem, value, count; lay; found; put, lay down; put, place, set; specify, put down; cite)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*apo-Derivations in English
malposition,
positionerCognates
Dutch
positie, French
position, German
Position, Italian
posizione, Lithuanian
pozicija, Norwegian
posisjon, Polish
pozycja, Russian
пoзиция, Spanish
posición, Spanish
posicion, Swedish
positionUsage
Word found in Modern English
