A place where something is, was, or will be located. It can be a real physical place, like a building site, or a virtual place, like a website.
“Site” comes from Old French “site,” from Latin “situs,” meaning “position” or “place.” Latin “situs” originally referred to how something was set or arranged. English kept the idea of a specific location or setting.
“Site,” “sight,” and “cite” sound the same but do very different jobs: place, vision, and quoting. “Website” cleverly reuses the idea of a physical “site” for a virtual place you can visit. Your favorite “site” online is, linguistically, a little plot of digital land.
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