loc
place
Latin · locus
Latin locus 'place'. Words with loc- are about where something is, putting it somewhere, or moving from place to place: locate finds a place, dislocate moves out of place.
Memory trick
Picture a LOCK on a door: it keeps a thing in its LOCal place.
Words from this root
- locate (loc + ate) — to find or put in a placeस्थान खोजना, स्थित करना
- location (loc + ation) — the place where something isस्थान
- local (loc + al) — belonging to a particular placeस्थानीय
- locally (local + ly) — in the nearby areaस्थानीय रूप से
- localization (local + ization) — making something local or fixing in a placeस्थानीयकरण
- delocalize (de + local + ize) — to remove from a particular placeस्थान से हटाना
- dislocate (dis + loc + ate) — to move out of proper placeअपनी जगह से हटाना
- allocate (al + loc + ate) — to assign to a place or purposeआवंटित करना
- relocate (re + loc + ate) — to move to a new placeनई जगह जाना
- relocation (re + loc + ation) — a move to a new placeस्थानांतरण
- locomotion (loco + motion) — moving from place to placeचलन, गमन
- locomotive (loco + motive) — engine that moves a trainरेल इंजन
- echolocation (echo + loc + ation) — finding places by sound echoesप्रतिध्वनि से स्थान जानना
- locus (locus) — a place or pointबिंदु, स्थान