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locus
Latin · ancient
"place"
place, combined with tenere (to hold)
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lieu tenant
Old French · medieval
"one holding the place of another"
one holding the place of another, from lieu (place, from locus) and tenant (holding, from tenere)
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lieutenant
English · 1300s
"a military officer acting as deputy to a higher rank"
settled as the English word for a military officer acting as deputy to a higher rank
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