Where does “subcategorial” come from?

subcategorial (English) comes from English categorial, from Romanian categorie, from French catégorie, from German Kategorie, from Italian categoria, from Spanish categoría, from Portuguese categoria, from Late Latin categoria — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

subcategorial (English): subcategorical; pertaining to a subcategory

Definitions

  1. subcategorical; pertaining to a subcategory

Ancestry of “subcategorial”, step by step

subcategorial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English categorial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcategorialcategorical, absolute, without exception;...
2Romaniancategoriecategory
3Frenchcatégoriecategory
4GermanKategoriecategory
5Italiancategoriacategory, topic; class
6Spanishcategoríacategory; standing, regard
7Portuguesecategoriacategory
8Late Latincategoriaclass of predicables; accusation; predicament
9Ancient Greekκατηγορίαcharge, accusation; predication, category
10Ancient Greekκατηγορέωto speak against, especially before judges, to...
11Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
12Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
13Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

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-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Ancient Greek -έωEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti