The story
- Latin · derived fromsitus“a site”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromsituatio“position, situation”
- Middle French · derived fromsituation
- Middle English · inherited fromsituacioun
- English todaysituation
From Middle English situacioun, situacion, from Middle French situation, from Medieval Latin situatio (“position, situation”), from situare (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”). By surface analysis, situate + -ion.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.