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Stage 1 of 4
ponere
Latin · ancient
"to place, to put"
to place, to put, with irregular past participle positus
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Stage 2 of 4
positura
Latin · ancient
"a placing, a position of the body"
a placing, a position of the body, from ponere
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Stage 3 of 4
posture
French · 1500s
"the way the body is held"
carried into French for the way the body is held
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Stage 4 of 4
posture
English · 1500s
"the position in which someone holds their body"
settled as the English word for the position in which someone holds their body
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