Where does “subchallenge” come from?
subchallenge (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.
subchallenge (English): A subsidiary or secondary challenge
Definitions
- A subsidiary or secondary challenge
Ancestry of “subchallenge”, step by step
subchallenge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |
via English challenge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | challenge | A confrontation; a dare; A difficult task,... |
| 2 | Middle English | chalenge | A fraudulent legal claim, allegation or... |
| 3 | Old French | chalenge | Alternative form of chalonge |
| 4 | Latin | calumnia | A cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kalwomniā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kalwomnos | deceiving, accusing |