English word preposition comes from Latin pono (I ordain. I place, put, lay. I set up, pitch (camp).), Latin positio, Icelandic for-, Latin prae (Because of. Before. In front of Before. In front.), Icelandic setning ((colloquial) a sentence. (grammar) a clause.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| pono | Latin (lat) | I ordain. I place, put, lay. I set up, pitch (camp). |
| positio | Latin (lat) | Attitude. Framing. Lie (of land). Planting (of crops). Position, place. Theme. |
| for- | Icelandic (isl) | (emphatic) extremely. Negative meaning. Previous, before, first, pre-. |
| prae | Latin (lat) | Because of. Before. In front of Before. In front. |
| setning | Icelandic (isl) | (colloquial) a sentence. (grammar) a clause. |
| prae- | Latin (lat) | Before; in front. In charge. |
| praepono | Latin (lat) | I place in command, in front of or before. |
| praepositus | Latin (lat) | (Medieval) A provost.. (Medieval) A reeve.. A chief, a head.. A prefect.. A president.. An overseer.. One placed in command: a commander, a leader, particularly:. |
| praepositionem | Latin (lat) | |
| preposition | English (en) | (grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.. (obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. |