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Where does the word "area" come from? It comes from Latin area, and was adopted directly into English (1530s).
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Where does the word "area" come from? It comes from Latin area, and was adopted directly into English (1530s).
Area’s story begins in Latin: area meant “vacant ground.” An open space in a Roman city. It reached English by 1530s as area. 'area code' dates from the 1940s. Today, area means a region or part of a space.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient area "vacant ground", an open space in a Roman city.
- Stage 2 · English · 1530s area "open space", 'area code' dates from the 1940s.