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Where does “alocar” come from?

alocar (Portuguese) comes from Latin allocare, from Latin alloco, from Latin loco, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

alocar (Portuguese): allocate

Definitions

  1. allocate

Ancestry of “alocar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinallocarepresent active infinitive of allocō;...
2LatinallocoI hire; I allocate
3LatinlocoI put, place, set; I arrange, establish; I lease,...
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “alocar”

  • alocável
  • alocativo
  • alocador
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