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Where does “monolocale” come from?

monolocale (Italian) comes from Italian locale, from Latin locālis, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

monolocale (Italian): studio, efficiency, bed-sitter, one room...

Definitions

  1. studio, efficiency, bed-sitter, one room...

Ancestry of “monolocale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlocalelocal; room
2Latinlocālis—
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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