Etymograph

English

site

Site comes from Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs ‘position, place’, from sinō ‘to put, set down’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to build’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsinōas sinere‘to put, lay, set down’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsitus‘position, place, site’
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400site
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘site, location’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1716same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to build’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsinōas sinere‘to put, lay, set down’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsitus‘position, place, site’
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400site
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘site, location’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1716same form

Earliest quotation: 1716, Samuel Wesley, The history of the Old and New Testament: “The Town surrender'd soon, the Citadel,/Proud of its Site,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to build, cultivate’

suppose, homeless, compound, impose, hamlet, bohemian, homely, hame, 50 more

through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

compost, impost, presupposition, prepositional, 39 more

through Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’

post, positive, opponent, opposition, propose, expose, composition, consolation, dispose, proposition, compose, exposition, proponent, disposition, deposition, imposition, expound, supposition, preposition, presuppose, positivism, suppository, compositor, 43 more

through Latin sinō ‘to put, lay, set down, usually let, suffer,…’

purpose, position, posture, repository, exponent, pone, posit, compostela, 19 more

through Latin situs ‘position, place, site’

situation, situate, situs, 1 more

Today it means

noun The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- / site

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