English
emplace
From em- + place.
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- ‘to spread’
Ancient Greek πλατεῖα ‘broad (way); street’
Latin platēa ‘broad way, street; open space’
Old French place ‘place, open space’
Middle English place
English place
Today it means
verb To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / emplace