Where does “subarcsecond” come from?
subarcsecond (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.
subarcsecond (English): Describing an angle having a value less than one...
Definitions
- Describing an angle having a value less than one...
Ancestry of “subarcsecond”, step by step
subarcsecond 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 arcsecond
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arcsecond | A unit of angle; 1/60th of an arcminute, or... |
| 2 | English | second | Number-two; following after the first one with... |
| 3 | Middle French | seconder | — |
| 4 | Latin | secundo | dative masculine singular of secundus; dative... |
| 5 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 6 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |