myEtymology.com: French etymology of situation

Etymology of the French word situation

the French word situation

derived from the French word situer

derived from the Latin word situare

derived from the Latin word situs (site "position; laid up, stored; positioned; situation, position, site)

derived from the Latin word sinere (allow, permit)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tkei-

Dutch situatie, English situation, German Situation, Italian situazione, Lithuanian situacija, Norwegian situasjon, Russian cитyaция, Spanish situación, Swedish situation