Where does “subattenuately” come from?
subattenuately (English) comes from English subattenuate, from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus.
subattenuately (English): In a subattenuate manner
Definitions
- In a subattenuate manner
Ancestry of “subattenuately”, step by step
subattenuately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English subattenuate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | subattenuate | Almost or imperfectly attenuate |
| 2 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 3 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 4 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 5 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 6 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 7 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 8 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 9 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |