Where does “loca” come from?

loca (Italian) comes from Italian locare, 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.

loca (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “loca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlocareto let, rent, hire
2Latinlocōto put, place, set
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Italic stlokos →Every word from Old Latin stlocus →