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Where does “site” come from?

site (Anglo-Norman) comes from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

site (Anglo-Norman): site; location

Definitions

  1. site; location

Ancestry of “site”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “site”

  • site
  • website
  • campsite
  • worksite
  • gravesite
  • offsite
  • multisite
  • townsite
  • subsite
  • jobsite
  • intersite
  • microsite
  • homesite
  • intrasite
  • dumpsite
  • antisite
  • sitewide
  • exosite
  • bombsite
  • photosite
  • fieldsite
  • fansite
  • siteless
  • blogsite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →