Where does “situation” come from?

situation (Middle French) comes 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.

Ancestry of “situation”, step by step

situation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin situatio

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

via Medieval Latin situatio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinsituatioposition, situation
2Latinsituāre—

Words derived from “situation”

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