Etymograph

English

emplacement

Emplacement comes from French emplacement ‘site, location’, and goes back to Latin in ‘in, into’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEin1‘in, into’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentemplacement2‘site, location’
  3. Englishtodayemplacement2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, French en-
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English emplacement

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinWiktionary, French en-‘in, into’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentemplacementWiktionary, English emplacement‘site, location’
  3. EnglishtodayemplacementWiktionary, English emplacement

Linked words

through Latin in ‘in, into’

encounter, intimate, ensemble, intestine, envelop, agog, intimation, 5 more

Today it means

noun An installation that houses a military weapon.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “emplacement”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for French en-. 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.

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