English
location
Location is borrowed from Latin locātiō ‘a placing’, from locō ‘to place’, from locus ‘place’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus‘a place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocō‘to place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocātiō‘a placing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886location
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus‘a place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocō‘to place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocātiō‘a placing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886location
Earliest quotation: 1886, Joseph Church Helm, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass: “The Ontario tunnel was not located in pursuance of…”
Formed from locate + -ion
Old Latin stlocus
Latin locus ‘place, location’
Latin locō ‘to place’
Latin locātus ‘put, placed, having been set’
English locate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, place, locate’
stole, install, stall, stool, apostle, stalk, stale, epistle, stele, stela, stell, apostolate, stolid, 29 more
through Old Latin stlocus
allowance, locality, milieu, locale, 13 more
through Latin locus ‘a place’
Today it means
noun A particular point or place in physical space.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin locus / location