Where does “subadditive” come from?
subadditive (English) comes from English additive, from Late Latin additivus, from Latin addere, from Latin addō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
subadditive (English): Such that the image of a sum is at most the sum...
Definitions
- Such that the image of a sum is at most the sum...
Ancestry of “subadditive”, step by step
subadditive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English additive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | additive | Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been,... |
| 2 | Late Latin | additivus | — |
| 3 | Latin | addere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | addō | to add |
| 5 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 7 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
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- | — |