Where does “subclause” come from?
subclause (English) comes from English clause, from French clause, from German Klausel, from Spanish cláusula, from Portuguese cláusula, from Italian clausola, from Latin clausula, from Latin -ula — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
subclause (English): A subordinate clause; A subsidiary clause in a...
Definitions
- A subordinate clause; A subsidiary clause in a...
Ancestry of “subclause”, step by step
subclause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clause
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clause | A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and... |
| 2 | French | clause | clause |
| 3 | German | Klausel | term; clause |
| 4 | Spanish | cláusula | clause |
| 5 | Portuguese | cláusula | clause |
| 6 | Italian | clausola | clause, codicil |
| 7 | Latin | clausula | conclusion, close, end; the close of a period;... |
| 8 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
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- | — |