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Postulate

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a statement assumed to be true, used as a basis for further reasoning
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Stage 1 of 2
postulare
Latin · ancient
"to demand, to request"
to demand, to request
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Stage 2 of 2
postulate
English · 1500s
"a statement assumed true as a basis for reasoning"
settled as the word for a statement assumed true without proof, as a starting point
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