Where does “subdecibel” come from?
subdecibel (English) comes from English decibel, from English Bel, from English Isabel, from Spanish Isabel, from Portuguese Isabel, from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ.
subdecibel (English): Less than one decibel
Definitions
- Less than one decibel
Ancestry of “subdecibel”, step by step
subdecibel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English decibel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | decibel | A common measure of sound intensity ratio that is... |
| 2 | English | Bel | A Babylonian deity, corresponding to the Semitic Baal |
| 3 | English | Isabel | A place name |
| 4 | Spanish | Isabel | Elizabeth biblical character |
| 5 | Portuguese | Isabel | — |
| 6 | Old Occitan | Elisabel | — |
| 7 | Latin | Elisabeth | Elisabeth |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἐλισάβετ | Elizabeth mother of John the Baptist |
| 9 | Hebrew | אלישבע | my God is an oath; the Lord is her oath |
| 10 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 11 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 12 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |
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- | — |