Where does “subconvulsive” come from?

subconvulsive (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.

subconvulsive (English): That is not severe enough to cause a convulsion

Definitions

  1. That is not severe enough to cause a convulsion

Ancestry of “subconvulsive”, step by step

subconvulsive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-

via English convulsive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishconvulsiveMarked by or having the nature of convulsions;...
2Frenchconvulsifconvulsive
3Frenchconvulsionconvulsion
4Latinconvulsiōconvulsion
5Latinconvulsusshattered, battered, convulsed; overthrown
6Latinconvellerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
7LatinconvelloI shatter, batter, convulse; I overthrow
8LatinvelloI pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I...
9Proto-Italicwelnōto pull, tear
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-