Translocated

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Moved an organism, object, or material from its original location to a different one
2. Transported living beings or things to new sites distinct from where they were initially found
3. Shifted something or someone geographically, changing their usual position or environment

Etymology: "Translocated" is the past tense and past participle of "translocate," a verb built from the prefix "trans-," meaning across or to the other side of, and "locate." The verb is a back-formation: speakers first had the noun "translocation," movement from one place to another, and then derived the verb from it by stripping off the ending. In other words, the verb came after the noun rather than the other way round, which is the reverse of how most English verbs arise. The prefix traces back through Latin "trans" to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning across or beyond, a root that also gave English words such as "transport" and "transfer." "Locate" itself comes from Latin "locare," to place, from "locus," a place. Put together, "translocate" literally means to place across, or to relocate something beyond its original spot.

Synonyms: relocated, moved, transferred, shifted, displaced

Antonyms: stationary, fixed, immobile, settled, stable