Where does “subcommand” come from?
subcommand (English) comes from English command, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
subcommand (English): A command that makes up part of a larger command
Definitions
- A command that makes up part of a larger command
Ancestry of “subcommand”, step by step
subcommand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English command
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | command | An order to do something; The right or authority... |
| 2 | French | commander | to order |
| 3 | Middle French | commander | to command |
| 4 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 5 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 6 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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- | — |