Where does “echolocative” come from?

echolocative (English) comes from English echolocate, 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.

echolocative (English): Of, or related to echolocation

Definitions

  1. Of, or related to echolocation

Ancestry of “echolocative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishecholocateTo locate by means of echolocation
2EnglishlocateTo place; to set in a particular spot or...
3Latinlocātusput, placed, having been set
4Latinlocōto put, place, set
5Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
6Old Latinstlocus
7Proto-Italicstlokos
8Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-
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