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Where does “localic” come from?

localic (English) comes from English locale, from French local, from Latin locālis, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

localic (English): Relating to the category of locales

Definitions

  1. Relating to the category of locales

Ancestry of “localic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlocaleThe place where something happens; The set of...
2Frenchlocallocal; room
3Latinlocālis—
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →