English

electrolocate

From electro- + locate.

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον ‘amber’

French electrum

French électro-

Old Latin stlocus

Latin locus ‘place, location’

Latin locō ‘to place’

Latin locātus ‘put, placed, having been set’

Today it means

verb To locate by means of electrolocation

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

Etymograph / electrolocate