installation

noun

An act of installing.

Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.

A work of installation art.

A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

Roots

stallstall- · Germanic · stall, place

Synonyms for installation

facilityn installmentn initiationn inductionn plumbingn fittingsn equipmentn

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Where does installation come from?

The word installation breaks down into one root of Germanic origin: the root stall-, from Germanic stall (“stall, place”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.