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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlocatorOne who, or that which, locates; One who locates,...
2Latinlocatorletter, lessor; contractor; second-person...
3Latinlocō—
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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