Etymograph

English

locellate

Locellate comes from Latin locellus ‘compartment’, from locus ‘place’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stel-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-1‘to put, place, locate’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stlokos1uncertain
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlocus1
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocus2‘place’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocellus2‘compartment’diminutive of locus
  6. Englishtodaylocellate2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin locus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English locellate

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-Wiktionary, Latin locus‘to put, place, locate’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stlokosWiktionary, Latin locusuncertain
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlocusWiktionary, Latin locus
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocusWiktionary, English locellate‘place’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocellusWiktionary, English locellate‘compartment’diminutive of locus
  6. EnglishtodaylocellateWiktionary, English locellate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, place, locate’

stole, install, stall, stool, apostle, stalk, stale, epistle, stolid, stele, apostolate, stela, stell, 23 more

through Old Latin stlocus

allowance, locality, milieu, locale, allocate, collocation, 7 more

through Latin locus ‘place’

local, allow, location, lieu, locate, locus, loco, locator, locative, 13 more

Today it means

adj Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “locellate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin locus. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *stel- / locellate

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