Locus
/หloส.kษs/noun
A particular position or place where something occurs or is situated.
Did you know?In ancient Rome, 'locus' referred not just to a place, but also to the social and spiritual significance of that location, intertwining geography with fate.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lewk-
โto lie, to be situatedโ
Latin
Latin
locus
โplace, position, or spot, often with connotations of importance or significanceโ
Old French
Old French
loc
โplace, location (borrowed from Latin)โ
Middle English
Middle English
locus
โa term used in scholarly texts referring to a specific place or argumentโ
Modern English
English
locus
โa term in mathematics and science denoting a set of points satisfying a particular conditionโ