Where does “allocate” come from?

allocate (Italian) comes from Italian allocare, from Latin allocāre.

allocate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “allocate”, step by step

allocate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian allocare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianallocareTo allocate, to room
2Latinallocāre—

via Italian allocato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianallocatopast participle of allocare; allocated
Every word from Latin allocāre →Every word from Italian allocare →
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