English Explanatory Dictionary

depone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
  2. To take the deposition of; to depose.
  3. To lay, as a stake; to wager.
  4. To lay down; to place

Pronunciation

/dɪˈpəʊn/ /dɪˈpoʊn/ /diˈ-/

Word forms

depone depones deponing deponed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō English depone From Latin dēpōnō (“lay down, deposit, entrust”).

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