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Where does “translocative” come from?

translocative (English) comes from English locative, from Latin locativus, 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.

translocative (English): Indicating motion away from the deictic center,...

Definitions

  1. Indicating motion away from the deictic center,...

Ancestry of “translocative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlocativeIndicating place, or the place where, or wherein;...
2Latinlocativuslocative
3Latinlocō—
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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