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Where does “situer” come from?

situer (French) comes 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.

situer (French): to locate; to situate; To be located ; To be

Definitions

  1. to locate; to situate; To be located ; To be

Ancestry of “situer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinsituoto locate, place
2Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “situer”

  • situation
  • situationnel
  • situativ
  • situieren
  • gutsituiert
  • situiert
  • Situationismus
  • Nachfragesituation
  • Situation
  • situasjon
  • situasjonskomedie
  • situasjonskomedie
  • situasjon
  • sitye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →