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Where does “lokal” come from?

lokal (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German lokal, from French local, from Latin locālis, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

lokal (Serbo-Croatian): business premises; bar, night club

Definitions

  1. business premises; bar, night club

Ancestry of “lokal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlokallocal
2Frenchlocallocal; room
3Latinlocālis—
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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