Where does “subanalyze” come from?
subanalyze (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.
subanalyze (English): To conduct an extremely thorough investigation into an aspect or aspects of a construct, to discover a deeper and/or wider understanding of it, implying that a previous investigation is known to have been inadequate, inconclusive, limited, or absent an element believed to exist
Definitions
- To conduct an extremely thorough investigation into an aspect or aspects of a construct, to discover a deeper and/or wider understanding of it, implying that a previous investigation is known to have been inadequate, inconclusive, limited, or absent an element believed to exist
Ancestry of “subanalyze”, step by step
subanalyze 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 analyze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | analyze | To subject to analysis; To resolve into its... |
| 2 | French | analyser | to analyse; to parse, to construe |
| 3 | French | analyse | analysis; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | analysis | analysis |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀνάλυσις | a loosing, releasing; a dissolving, resolution of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀναλύω | to unloose, release, set free; I unravel,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνά | on board; on, upon |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *aná | up, upon |