Where does “echolocate” come from?

echolocate (English) comes from English locate, from Latin locātus, from Latin locō, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

echolocate (English): To locate by means of echolocation

Definitions

  1. To locate by means of echolocation

Ancestry of “echolocate”, step by step

echolocate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English locate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlocateTo place; to set in a particular spot or...
2Latinlocātusput, placed, having been set
3Latinlocōto put, place, set
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus
6Proto-Italicstlokos
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via English Echo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEchoAn oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others
2Middle EnglisheccoAlternative form of eccho
3Medieval Latinecco
4Latinechoecho
5Ancient GreekἨχώsound; a nymph in Greek mythology
6Ancient Greekἠχήsound, noise
7Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́

Words derived from “echolocate

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-