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Where does “mislocate” come from?

mislocate (English) comes 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.

mislocate (English): To locate incorrectly

Definitions

  1. To locate incorrectly

Ancestry of “mislocate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlocateTo place; to set in a particular spot or...
2Latinlocātus—
3Latinlocō—
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- →