Where does “dislocation” come from?

Dislocation comes from Medieval Latin dislocatio, meaning a putting out of place.

dislocation (English): The act of displacing, or the state of being...

Definitions

  1. The act of displacing, or the state of being...

Ancestry of “dislocation”, step by step

dislocation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin dislocatio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latindislocatio—

via Latin delocatio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindelocatio—

Words derived from “dislocation”

Every word from Medieval Latin dislocatio →