situateyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[situate 词源字典]
situate: [16] Situate, originally an adjective, goes back to late Latin situātus ‘placed’, a derivative of Latin situs ‘position’ (from which English gets site [14]). This probably originated as a noun use of situs, the past participle of sinere ‘allow’, hence ‘allow to stay’, hence ‘put’.
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situate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 15c., "to place in a particular state or condition," from Medieval Latin situatus, past participle of situare "to place, locate," from Latin situs "a place, position" (see site). Related: Situated; situating.
situate (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1520s, now obsolete, adjective from Late Latin situatus, past participle of situare (see situate (v.)).