Where does “situacioun” come from?

situacioun (Middle English) comes from Middle French situation, from Latin situatio, from Latin situō, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

situacioun (Middle English): Repositioning a broken bone

Definitions

  1. Repositioning a broken bone

Ancestry of “situacioun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchsituation—
2Latinsituatio—
3Latinsituōto place, situate, locate
4Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “situacioun”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin situs →