Where does “situs” come from?

Situs comes from Latin situs, derived from Latin sinere meaning "to allow or place," which traces to Proto-Indo-European si-n-H- and ultimately Proto-Indo-European sey(H)-.

situs (English): The position, especially the usual, normal...

Definitions

  1. The position, especially the usual, normal...

Ancestry of “situs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →