Where does “subalternate” come from?
subalternate (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.
subalternate (English): Succeeding by turns; successive; Subaltern;...
Definitions
- Succeeding by turns; successive; Subaltern;...
Ancestry of “subalternate”, step by step
subalternate 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 alternate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alternate | Happening by turns; one following the other in... |
| 2 | Latin | alternātus | alternated, vacillated |
| 3 | Latin | alternō | to do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate |
| 4 | Latin | alternus | alternate (one after the other), successive |
| 5 | Latin | alter | the other, the second; the one...the other |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élteros | other , second |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |