English
locator
Locator comes from Latin locātor, from locus ‘place’, and ultimately from Old Latin stlocus.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlocus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus‘place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocātor
- Englishtodaylocator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlocus
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus‘place’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocātor
- Englishtodaylocator
Equivalent to locate + -or
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, to place’
install, stole, stall, apostle, stalk, stale, stool, epistle, stele, stela, stell, apostolate, stolid, 28 more
through Old Latin stlocus
locality, milieu, locale, 12 more
through Latin locus ‘place’
local, allowance, lieu, locus, loco, 15 more
through Latin locō
Today it means
noun One who, or that which, locates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin stlocus / locator