Where does “locale” come from?

Locale comes from French local, derived from Latin localis, an adjective form of Latin locus meaning "place," which traces back through Old Latin stlocus to the Proto-Indo-European root stel-.

locale (English): The place where something happens; The set of...

Definitions

  1. The place where something happens; The set of...

Ancestry of “locale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlocallocal; room
2LatinlocālisBelong to a place; local
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “locale”

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