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Location is borrowed from Latin locātiō ‘a placing’, from locō ‘to place’, from locus ‘place’.

1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus¹‘a place’
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocō¹‘to place’
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocātiō¹‘a placing’
4. Englishearliest quotation 1886location¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English location
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1886, Joseph Church Helm, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass: “The Ontario tunnel was not located in pursuance of…”.