Where does “locator” come from?

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

locator (Romanian): letter, lessor (person who lets or hires)

Definitions

  1. letter, lessor (person who lets or hires)

Ancestry of “locator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlocatorletter, lessor; contractor; second-person...
2Latinlocōto put, place, set
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “locator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Italic stlokos →Every word from Old Latin stlocus →