Where does “subadolescent” come from?
subadolescent (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.
subadolescent (English): An individual who has not yet reached adolescence
Definitions
- An individual who has not yet reached adolescence
Ancestry of “subadolescent”, step by step
subadolescent 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 adolescent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adolescent | Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at... |
| 2 | Middle English | adolescent | — |
| 3 | Latin | adolescentem | accusative masculine singular of adolēscēns;... |
| 4 | Latin | adolescens | growing up, maturing; increasing, augmenting |
| 5 | Latin | adolescere | present active infinitive of adolēscō |