Where does “situate” come from?
Situate comes from Late Latin situatus, past participle of Latin situo, derived from Latin situs, the past participle of sinere meaning to place or allow, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sey(H)-.
situate (English): To place on or into a physical location; To place...
Definitions
- To place on or into a physical location; To place...
Ancestry of “situate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | situatus | placed, situated, located, having been situated |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | situo | to locate, place |
| 3 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |