Where does “alocativo” come from?
alocativo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese alocar, 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.
alocativo (Portuguese): allocative
Ancestry of “alocativo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | alocar | allocate |
| 2 | Latin | allocare | present active infinitive of allocō;... |
| 3 | Latin | alloco | I hire; I allocate |
| 4 | Latin | loco | I put, place, set; I arrange, establish; I lease,... |
| 5 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |