postpose

transitive verb

post·​pose

(ˈ)pōs(t)ˈpōz

1

obsolete : postpone sense 2a,b

2

: to place (as a particle) after a grammatically related word

the articles … are postposed in Scandinavian and Rumanian

—M. H. Swadesh

Word History

Etymology

Middle French postposer, modification (influenced by poser to put, place) of Latin postponere (perfect stem postpos-)

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