Where does “subalternately” come from?
subalternately (English) comes from English subalternate, from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus.
subalternately (English): In a subalternate manner
Definitions
- In a subalternate manner
Ancestry of “subalternately”, step by step
subalternately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English subalternate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | subalternate | Succeeding by turns; successive; Subaltern;... |
| 2 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 3 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 4 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 5 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 6 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 7 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 8 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 9 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |