Etymograph

English

translocation

From trans- + location.

A compound of trans- + location

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘to cross over, pass through, overcome’

…

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts

Proto-Italic *trāns ‘across, beyond’

Proto-Italic *trāns-

English trans-

Latin locus ‘a place’

Latin locō ‘to place’

Latin locātiō ‘a placing’

English location

Today it means

noun Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.

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

Etymograph / translocation