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Deposit

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to place money or valuables somewhere for safekeeping, or a sum paid as a first installment
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Stage 1 of 3
de ponere
Latin · ancient
"to put down"
to put down, from de- (down) and ponere (to place)
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Stage 2 of 3
depositum
Latin · ancient
"something put down for safekeeping"
something put down for safekeeping, from deponere
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Stage 3 of 3
deposit
English · 1500s
"to place something, especially money, for safekeeping"
settled as the English word for placing something for safekeeping, especially money
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