Situation

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late Middle English (in situation (sense 2)): from French, or from medieval Latin situatio(n- ), from situare ‘to place’ (see situate). Sense 1 dates from the early 18th century.

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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”). Equivalent to situate +‎ -ion

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situation (n.)

early 15c., situacioun, "place, position, or location," from Old French situacion or directly from Medieval Latin situationem (nominative situatio) "a position, situation," noun of action from past-participle stem of situare "to place, locate," from Latin situs "a place, position" (from PIE root *tkei- "to settle, dwell, be home"). Meaning "state of affairs" is from 1710; meaning "employment post" is from 1803.