allocate
v.
1630s, from verbal used of adjective allocate (mid-15c. in legal use), from Medieval Latin allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), imperative plural of allocare "allocate," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + locare "to place" (see locate). Related: Allocated; allocating.
〔李〕[al-(ad-)=to到；loc=place地方；-ate v.=to make or put使……，放……→“to put something to a place把某物放到某地”→] v.① locate to a certain spot定位