English
locate
Locate comes from Latin locātus ‘put, placed, having been set’, and goes back to Old Latin stlocus.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlocus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus‘place, location’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocō‘to place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocātus‘put, placed, having been set’perfect passive participle of locō
- Englishearliest quotation 1881locate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlocus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus‘place, location’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocō‘to place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocātus‘put, placed, having been set’perfect passive participle of locō
- Englishearliest quotation 1881locate
Earliest quotation: 1881, Brooke Foss Westcott: “The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, to place’
stole, install, stall, stool, apostle, stalk, stale, epistle, stele, stolid, stela, apostolate, stell, 29 more
through Old Latin stlocus
locality, milieu, locale, 13 more
through Latin locus ‘place, location’
local, allowance, lieu, locus, loco, 16 more
through Latin locō ‘to place’
Today it means
verb To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin stlocus / locate