Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To situate or place a building or construction project.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe place where anything is fixed; situation; local position · A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation · The posture or position of a thing. · A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.
From Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs (“position, place, site”), from sinere (“to put, lay, set down, usually let, suffer, permit”). Doublet of sitio and situs.
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