postern
Meaninga small back-door
Common meaning: small back gate or entrance
- posterna small back-doorSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 405 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin posterula ‘a small back-door’.
Roots
- posterula Latin “a small back-door”
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