Where does “sub-mediterranean” come from?
sub-mediterranean (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-mediterranean (English): Of a climate, that is similar to a Mediterranean one but in which the driest months have slightly more rainfall
Definitions
- Of a climate, that is similar to a Mediterranean one but in which the driest months have slightly more rainfall
Ancestry of “sub-mediterranean”, step by step
sub-mediterranean 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 Mediterranean
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mediterranean | Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and the... |
| 2 | Latin | mediterraneus | inland |
| 3 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 4 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 5 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |