Where does “Sub-Saharaan” come from?
Sub-Saharaan (Dutch) comes from English Subsahara, from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus.
Sub-Saharaan (Dutch): a Subsaharan, person from the Subsahara or of Subsaharan descent
Definitions
- a Subsaharan, person from the Subsahara or of Subsaharan descent
Ancestry of “Sub-Saharaan”, step by step
Sub-Saharaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Subsahara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Subsahara | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 3 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 4 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 5 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 6 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 7 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 8 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 9 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |