instalar

/instaˈlaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to install

🔧💻 Cognate of install: in- (into) + stall (a place), so to put into place

From Medieval Latin installare, to put someone into a stall (a seat of office, like a canon in a choir). Spanish keeps the same idea: instalar software, or instalarse en una casa, to settle in.

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