English
allocatur
Allocatur comes from Latin allocātur ‘it is allocated’, from locus ‘place’, and ultimately from Old Latin stlocus.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlocus1
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus1‘place’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocō1
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEallocō2as allocāre‘to allocate’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEallocātur2‘it is allocated’
- Englishearliest quotation 1860allocatur2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin alloco
- 2 Wiktionary, English allocatur
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1860, George Eliot, Edinburgh: William Blackwood: “The taxing-masters had done their work like any respectable…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlocusWiktionary, Latin alloco
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocusWiktionary, Latin alloco‘place’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocōWiktionary, Latin alloco
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEallocōWiktionary, English allocaturas allocāre‘to allocate’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEallocāturWiktionary, English allocatur‘it is allocated’
- Englishearliest quotation 1860allocaturWiktionary, English allocatur. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1860, George Eliot, Edinburgh: William Blackwood: “The taxing-masters had done their work like any respectable…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, to place’
stole, install, stool, apostle, stall, stalk, stale, epistle, stele, stela, apostolate, stolid, stell, 24 more
through Old Latin stlocus
locality, milieu, locale, 8 more
through Latin locus ‘place’
local, location, lieu, locus, loco, locative, 11 more
through Latin locō
allowance, locate, locator, collocation, 6 more
through Latin allocō ‘to allocate’
Today it means
noun The allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “allocatur”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin alloco. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Old Latin stlocus / allocatur