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Postpone

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to delay or reschedule an event to a later time
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Stage 1 of 2
post ponere
Latin · ancient
"to put after"
to put after, from post- (after) and ponere (to place)
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Stage 2 of 2
postpone
English · 1500s
"to delay something to a later time"
settled as the English word for delaying something to a later time
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