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Origin and history of site

site(n.)

"place or position occupied by something," especially with reference to environment, also "land on which a building stands, location of a village," late 14c., from Anglo-French site, Old French site "place, site; position," and directly from Latin situs "a place, position, situation, location, station; idleness, sloth, inactivity; forgetfulness; the effects of neglect," from past participle of sinere "let, leave alone, permit" (from PIE *si-tu-, from root *tkei- "to settle, dwell, be home").

site(v.)

"to give a location to, place," 1590s, from site (n.). Sited "situated, having a (certain) site" is attested from mid-15c. Related: Siting.

also from 1590s

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in situ

1740, Latin, literally "in its (original) place or position," from ablative of situs "site" (see site (n.)).

off-site(adj.)

"occurring away from a site," 1956, from off (prep.) + site (n.).

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position
late 14c., posicioun, as a term in logic and philosophy, "statement of belief, the laying down of a proposition or thesis," from Old French posicion "position, supposition" (Modern French position) and directly from Latin positionem (nominative positio) "act or fact of placing, s
situation
early 15c., situacioun, "place, position, or location," from Old French situacion or directly from Medieval Latin situationem (nominative situatio) "a position, situation," noun of action from past-participle stem of situare "to place, locate," from Latin situs "a place, position
locate
1650s, intransitive, "establish oneself in a place, settle, adopt a fixed residence," from Latin locatus, past participle of locare "to place, put, set, dispose, arrange," from locus "a place" (see locus). Transitive sense of "to fix (something) in a place, settle or establish (s
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The site is the Roman Ratae Coritanorum, fortified tribal capital of the Coritani, whose name is of unknown origin, with...The modern name "is best regarded as a new descriptive term for a deserted site" [Watts, "Cambridge Dictionary of English...
Lateran
John Lateran at Rome, which is built on the site of the palace of the Plautii Laterani, a Roman family....Given by Constantine to the bishop of Rome, as a papal headquarters and residence for nearly 1,000 years it was the site...
Dachau
Infamous as the site of a Nazi concentration camp nearby, opened in 1933 as a detention site for political prisoners and...
Nuremberg
Associated with the Nazis as the site of mass party rallies every September during the Third Reich....
station
late 13c., stacioun, "a place one normally occupies," from Old French stacion, estacion "site, location; station of the Cross; stop, standstill," from Latin stationem (nominative statio) "a standing, standing firm; a post, job, position; military post; a watch, guard, sentinel; a
apron
"apparel for covering the front of a person" (especially while at work, to keep clothes clean), mid-15c., faulty separation (as also in adder, auger, umpire) of a napron (c. 1300), from Old French naperon "small table-cloth," diminutive of nappe "cloth," from Latin mappa "napkin.
rough
Middle English rough (late 14c.), also rouhe, rouwe, roghe, rugh, etc., from Old English ruh, rug- "not smooth to the touch, coarse (of cloth); hairy, shaggy;" of hides, "undressed, untrimmed;" of ground, "uncultivated." This is from West Germanic *rukhwaz "shaggy, hairy, rough"

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