Where does “subassemble” come from?
subassemble (English) comes from English assemble, from French assemble, from French assembler, from Old French asembler, from Latin assimulō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
subassemble (English): To put together a subassembly
Definitions
- To put together a subassembly
Ancestry of “subassemble”, step by step
subassemble traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assemble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assemble | To put together; To gather as a group; to... |
| 2 | French | assemble | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | French | assembler | to assemble |
| 4 | Old French | asembler | to collect up; to get together |
| 5 | Latin | assimulō | to consider as similar, make similar, assimilate |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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- | — |