Where does “subcorporation” come from?
subcorporation (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.
subcorporation (English): A corporation forming part of a larger corporation
Definitions
- A corporation forming part of a larger corporation
Ancestry of “subcorporation”, step by step
subcorporation 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 corporation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | corporation | A body corporate, created by law or under... |
| 2 | Late Latin | corporatio | assumption of a body |
| 3 | Latin | corporatus | A member of a corporation; corporate |
| 4 | Latin | corporare | present active infinitive of corporō;... |
| 5 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |