Where does “subcuticle” come from?

subcuticle (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.

Ancestry of “subcuticle”, step by step

subcuticle 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 cuticle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcuticleThe outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates;...
2Middle Frenchcuticule
3Latincutīculaskin
4Latincutisliving skin; rind, surface; hide, leather
5Proto-Indo-EuropeankuH-t-
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-