Where does “subarchive” come from?
subarchive (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.
subarchive (English): An archive forming part of a larger archive
Definitions
- An archive forming part of a larger archive
Ancestry of “subarchive”, step by step
subarchive 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 archive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | archive | A place for storing earlier, and often... |
| 2 | French | archive | an item in an archive, a document kept for... |
| 3 | French | archives | archive, the historical material considered as a... |
| 4 | Latin | archīvum | public records office |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχεῖον | public building, town hall |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄρχω | To begin; To lead, rule, govern, command; To be... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ergʰ- | to begin; to command, rule; to begin, rule,... |