Where does “suballiance” come from?
suballiance (English) comes from English alliance, from Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance, from French alliance, from French allier, from Old French alier, from Latin alligō, from Latin ad- — in.
suballiance (English): A subset of an alliance
Definitions
- A subset of an alliance
Ancestry of “suballiance”, step by step
suballiance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alliance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alliance | The state of being allied; The act of allying or... |
| 2 | Middle English | alliaunce | Alliance; a pact making allies or the state of... |
| 3 | Old French | aliance | — |
| 4 | French | alliance | alliance, union; wedding ring |
| 5 | French | allier | to ally; to alloy |
| 6 | Old French | alier | to unite; to join together |
| 7 | Latin | alligō | to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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- | — |