Etymology

ad loc.

Today it means: There, at the specified location Full definition →

Latin ad locum ← ['la ',
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The story

  1. ['la · borrowed from',
  2. Latin · borrowed fromad locum
  3. English todayad loc.

Borrowed from Latin ad locum (“at the place”).

Words from the same roots

['la', all →

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