Where does “subcommentary” come from?
subcommentary (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.
subcommentary (English): A commentary (series of comments or annotations) on another commentary
Definitions
- A commentary (series of comments or annotations) on another commentary
Ancestry of “subcommentary”, step by step
subcommentary 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 commentary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commentary | a series of comments or annotations; especially,... |
| 2 | Middle French | commentaire | — |
| 3 | Latin | commentarius | memorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a brief |
| 4 | Latin | commentor | I consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate,... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |