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Where does “antilocalization” come from?

antilocalization (English) comes from English localization, from English localize, from English local, from Middle English local, from Late Latin localis, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.

antilocalization (English): The spreading of an electric charge to areas...

Definitions

  1. The spreading of an electric charge to areas...

Ancestry of “antilocalization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlocalizationThe act of localizing; The state of being...
2EnglishlocalizeTo make local; to fix in, or assign to, a...
3EnglishlocalFrom or in a nearby location; Having limited...
4Middle Englishlocal—
5Late Latinlocalisbelonging to a place; local; Belong to a place;...
6Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
7Old Latinstlocus—
8Proto-Italicstlokos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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