Where does “Subcarboniferous” come from?
Subcarboniferous (English) comes from English Carboniferous, from English carbon, from English budget, from Middle English bogett, from Old French bougette, from Old French bouge, from Latin bulga, from Gaulish bolgā.
Subcarboniferous (English): The lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures; a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone
Definitions
- The lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures; a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone
Ancestry of “Subcarboniferous”, step by step
Subcarboniferous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Carboniferous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Carboniferous | of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era;... |
| 2 | English | carbon | The chemical element with an atomic number of 6.... |
| 3 | English | budget | The amount of money or resources earmarked for a... |
| 4 | Middle English | bogett | — |
| 5 | Old French | bougette | — |
| 6 | Old French | bouge | sack; purse; small bag |
| 7 | Latin | bulga | knapsack, wallet, satchel; wallet, purse; womb |
| 8 | Gaulish | bolgā | bag, sack |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | bolgos | sack, bag; stomach |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English sub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 2 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 3 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 4 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 5 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 6 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |