Where does “subapiculate” come from?

subapiculate (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.

subapiculate (English): Nearly apiculate

Definitions

  1. Nearly apiculate

Ancestry of “subapiculate”, step by step

subapiculate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
2EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
3Middle Englishsubstituten
4Latinsubstitutussubstituted
5LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
6LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
7Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
8Latinstōto stand
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

via English apiculate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapiculateHaving a short, sharply pointed tip
2Latinapiculatusresembling a priest's cap, or a helmet or crown;...
3Latinapiculus
4LatinapexThe extreme end of a thing; the point, summit, top
5LatinapoI fasten; attach, connect; join, bind
6Proto-Italicapō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yetiEvery word from Proto-Italic staēō
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