Where does “subarticle” come from?
subarticle (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.
subarticle (English): a part of an article
Definitions
- a part of an article
Ancestry of “subarticle”, step by step
subarticle 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 article
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | article | A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story,... |
| 2 | Middle English | article | — |
| 3 | Old French | article | joint; articulation; article |
| 4 | Latin | articulus | A point connecting various parts of the body;... |
| 5 | Latin | artus | narrow, close, fitted, confined, dense; severe,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értus | that which is fit together; juncture, ordering |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |