Where does “translocation” come from?
Translocation comes from English translation plus location, ultimately from Latin locus meaning place, traced to Proto-Indo-European stel- meaning to place or set.
translocation (English): Removal of things from one place to another;...
Definitions
- Removal of things from one place to another;...
Ancestry of “translocation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | location | A particular point or place in physical space; An... |
| 2 | Latin | locatio | disposition, arrangement; renting, leasing |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |