Where does “subclassify” come from?

subclassify (English) comes from English classify, from French classifier, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс — to call, cry, summon.

subclassify (English): To classify into a subclass

Definitions

  1. To classify into a subclass

Ancestry of “subclassify”, step by step

subclassify traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English classify

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishclassifyto identify by or divide into classes; to...
2Frenchclassifierto classify
3Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
4Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
5Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
6Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
7Germanklassegreat, awesome
8Russianклассclass
9Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
10Proto-Italicklāssis
11Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

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 kelh₁-Every word from Proto-Italic klāssisEvery word from Latin classis