Where does “subascending” come from?

subascending (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.

subascending (English): Almost or imperfectly ascending

Definitions

  1. Almost or imperfectly ascending

Ancestry of “subascending”, step by step

subascending 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 ascending

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishascendingPresent participle and gerund of ascend; Ordered...
2EnglishascendTo move upward, to fly, to soar; To slope in an...
3Middle Englishascenden
4Old Frenchascendre
5LatinascendoI climb up, I go up, I move upwards; I rise,...
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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