Where does “subcategorization” come from?
subcategorization (English) comes from English categorization, from English categorize, from English category, from French catégorie, from German Kategorie, from Italian categoria, from Spanish categoría, from Portuguese categoria — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
subcategorization (English): Placing something into a subcategory; The...
Definitions
- Placing something into a subcategory; The...
Ancestry of “subcategorization”, step by step
subcategorization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English categorization
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | categorization | A group of things arranged by category; a... |
| 2 | English | categorize | To assign a category; to divide into classes |
| 3 | English | category | A group, often named or numbered, to which items... |
| 4 | French | catégorie | category |
| 5 | German | Kategorie | category |
| 6 | Italian | categoria | category, topic; class |
| 7 | Spanish | categoría | category; standing, regard |
| 8 | Portuguese | categoria | category |
| 9 | Late Latin | categoria | class of predicables; accusation; predicament |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορία | charge, accusation; predication, category |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορέω | to speak against, especially before judges, to... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
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- | — |