Where does “allocate” come from?
Allocate comes from Vulgar Latin allocare, formed from Latin ad- and ad meaning "to," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and stel-.
allocate (English): To set aside for a purpose; To distribute...
Definitions
- To set aside for a purpose; To distribute...
Ancestry of “allocate”, step by step
allocate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin allocatus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | allocatus | allocated |
| 2 | Latin | allocō | to hire |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin allocāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | allocāre | — |