Where does “echolocator” come from?

echolocator (English) comes from English locator, from Latin locator, 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.

echolocator (English): An organism capable of echolocation; An organ...

Definitions

  1. An organism capable of echolocation; An organ...

Ancestry of “echolocator”, step by step

echolocator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English locator

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlocatorOne who, or that which, locates; One who locates,...
2Latinlocatorletter, lessor; contractor; second-person...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus