Where does “loc” come from?
loc (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old English loc, from Old English stede, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
loc (Anglo-Norman): lock
Ancestry of “loc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | loc | lock; that by which anything is closed; an... |
| 2 | Old English | stede | place |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |