English word position comes from Latin positus
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| positus | Latin (lat) | |
| positio | Latin (lat) | Attitude. Framing. Lie (of land). Planting (of crops). Position, place. Theme. |
| posicion | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| posicioun | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| position | English (eng) | (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.. (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price. Wikipedia has an [...] |