Where does “subcultivate” come from?
subcultivate (English) comes from English cultivate, from Latin cultivātus, from Latin cultivō, from Latin cultīvus, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
subcultivate (English): To undergo subcultivation
Definitions
- To undergo subcultivation
Ancestry of “subcultivate”, step by step
subcultivate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cultivate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultivate | To grow plants, notably crops; To nurture; to... |
| 2 | Latin | cultivātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | cultivō | to cultivate |
| 4 | Latin | cultīvus | — |
| 5 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 6 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 8 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
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- | — |