Where does “sub-apartment” come from?
sub-apartment (English) comes from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō.
sub-apartment (English): An apartment forming part of a larger apartment
Definitions
- An apartment forming part of a larger apartment
Ancestry of “sub-apartment”, step by step
sub-apartment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |
via English apartment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apartment | A complete domicile occupying only part of a... |
| 2 | French | appartement | apartment, flat |
| 3 | Italian | appartamento | apartment, flat |
| 4 | Spanish | apartamiento | separation, seclusion; flat, apartment |
| 5 | Spanish | apartar | to separate, to divide; to set aside; to avert |
| 6 | Spanish | -ar | In adjectives, indicating membership or status;... |
| 7 | Old Spanish | -ar | indicates membership or status |
| 8 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |