Where does “situation” come from?
Situation comes from Middle English situacioun, from Middle French situation, from Latin situatio, the noun form of situare meaning to place or locate, derived from situs meaning position or site, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European si-n-H-.
situation (English): The combination of circumstances at a given...
Definitions
- The combination of circumstances at a given...
Ancestry of “situation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | situacioun | Repositioning a broken bone |
| 2 | Middle French | situation | — |
| 3 | Latin | situatio | — |
| 4 | Latin | situō | to place, situate, locate |
| 5 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |