Where does “subbranched” come from?

subbranched (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.

subbranched (English): Almost or imperfectly branched

Definitions

  1. Almost or imperfectly branched

Ancestry of “subbranched”, step by step

subbranched 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 branched

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbranchedHaving branches; simple past tense and past...
2EnglishbranchThe woody part of a tree arising from the trunk...
3Middle Englishbranche
4Old Frenchbranchebranch
5Late Latinbrancafootprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw
6Gaulishvranca
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwrónkeh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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