Added 9 October 2026
postpone
/pəʊstˈpəʊn/ verb
Latin root: postpōnō Wiktionary
verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about postpone at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall.
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