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locus

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(Anglais)

(declension-2, masculine) place, spot (a specific location)
(declension-2, masculine) a passage of literature
(declension-2, in-plural, masculine, neuter) a region or general geographic area
(declension-2, masculine) opportunity, cause, occasion, grounds

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[ˈɫɔ.kʊs]

From Old Latin stlocus, probably from Proto-Italic *stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”). However, De Vaan is skeptical of this derivation due to the suffix *-okos not being attested in any other word, and leaves the origin open.