Where does “situation” come from?
situation (French) comes from French situer, from Medieval Latin situo, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
situation (French): situation all meanings
Definitions
- situation all meanings
Ancestry of “situation”, step by step
situation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French situer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | situer | to locate to find the location of something |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | situo | to locate, place |
| 3 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |