Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

postpositive

 

placed after or at the end of a word

 

In French, unlike English, most adjectives are postpositive.

 

Related English words: postposition (a word or particle placed after or at the end of a word), postpositional

 

Latin root words: postpono, postponere, postposui, postpositus - to place behind; to esteem less; pono, ponere, posui, positus - to put, place

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