Where does “colocatar” come from?

colocatar (Romanian) comes from French colocataire, from French locataire, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

colocatar (Romanian): cotenant

Definitions

  1. cotenant

Ancestry of “colocatar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcolocataireflatmate, housemate, joint tenant, co-tenant
2Frenchlocatairerenter, tenant
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus
5Proto-Italicstlokos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus