English

dislocate

From dis- + locate.

A compound of dis- + locate

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’

Proto-Indo-European *dwís ‘twice, doubly’

English dis-

Old Latin stlocus

Latin locus ‘place, location’

Latin locō ‘to place’

Latin locātus ‘put, placed, having been set’

Today it means

verb To put something out of its usual place.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / dislocate