1816, "that can be placed," from Latin locare "to place, put, set, arrange," (from locus "a place;" see locus) + -able. Alternative formation locatable is attested from 1838.
lobotomize
lobotomy
lobster
lobsterman
loc. cit.
locable
local
locale
localise
localism
localist
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