Where does “infrathreshold” come from?
infrathreshold (English) comes from English infra, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
infrathreshold (English): Below a specific threshold
Definitions
- Below a specific threshold
Ancestry of “infrathreshold”, step by step
infrathreshold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infra | Discussed later; Infrastructure |
| 2 | Latin | infra | below |
| 3 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 4 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 5 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English threshold
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | threshold | The bottom-most part of a doorway that one... |
| 2 | Middle English | threschwolde | A door-sill; the bottom board of a door; An... |
| 3 | Old English | þresċold | doorsill, entryway |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þreskwaþluz | threshold |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þreskaną | to thresh |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |