Where does “subdelegation” come from?
subdelegation (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.
subdelegation (English): Act of subdelegating; Early administrative...
Definitions
- Act of subdelegating; Early administrative...
Ancestry of “subdelegation”, step by step
subdelegation traces back through 3 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 delegation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | delegation | An act of delegating; A group of delegates used... |
| 2 | Latin | delegatio | delegation |
| 3 | Latin | delego | I send, assign, dispatch, delegate; I confide,... |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via French délégation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | délégation | delegation; devolvement |
| 2 | French | déléguer | to delegate (to commit a task to someone), depute |