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Where does “dislocare” come from?

dislocare (Latin) comes from Latin locare, from Latin locor, from Spanish lugar, from Spanish logar, from Old Spanish logar, from Latin locālis, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus — to put, to place; to locate.

Ancestry of “dislocare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlocaresecond-person singular present active subjunctive...
2LatinlocorAlternative form of loquor; first-person singular...
3Spanishlugarplace
4SpanishlogarArchaic form of lugar; to rent; Alternative form...
5Old Spanishlogarplace
6Latinlocālis—
7Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
8Old Latinstlocus—
9Proto-Italicstlokos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “dislocare”

  • deslocação
  • deslocar
  • dislocatus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →