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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

Definitions

  1. allocative

Ancestry of “alocativo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesealocarallocate
2Latinallocarepresent active infinitive of allocō;...
3LatinallocoI hire; I allocate
4LatinlocoI put, place, set; I arrange, establish; I lease,...
5Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
6Old Latinstlocus—
7Proto-Italicstlokos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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