myEtymology.com: French etymology of positif

Etymology of the French word positif

the Old French word positif

derived from the Latin word positivus (positive)

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-

English positive, Romanian pozitiv

Dutch positief, English positive, German positiv, Icelandic pósitífur, Italian positivo, Provençal positiu, Swedish positiv

Word found in Old French