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Where does “wellsite” come from?

wellsite (English) comes from English Wells, from English -ville, from French ville, from Middle French ville, from Old French ville, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

wellsite (English): The site where a well is located; A supposed...

Definitions

  1. The site where a well is located; A supposed...

Ancestry of “wellsite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWells—
2English-villeUsed to form a name of an inhabited place, a town...
3Frenchvilletown, city
4Middle Frenchvillecity or town
5Old Frenchvillecity or town
6Latinvīlla—
7Latinveterathe old; old times, ancient times, antiquity
8Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
9Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
10Proto-Italic-tus—
11Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →