From Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs (“position, place, site”), from sinere (“to put, lay, set down, usually let, suffer, permit”).
- What is the meaning of your site?
- What is the word in in Latin?
- How old is the word site?
- What is saete in old english?
What is the meaning of your site?
a place where something is, was, or will be built, or where something happened, is happening, or will happen: a building site.
What is the word in in Latin?
From Latin in-, a prefixation of in (“in, into”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.
How old is the word site?
1740, Latin, literally "in its (original) place or position," from ablative of situs "site" (see site (n.)).
What is saete in old english?
The use of 'saete' to describe 'settlers' in Old English apparently originates in the summer pastures of Norway which are called 'saeters' or 'seters', implying a degree of interconnection between the early Germans there and the Angles and Saxons of ancient Denmark and northern Germany.