Where does “subdesert” come from?
subdesert (English) comes from English desert, from Middle English desert, from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
subdesert (English): An arid habitat that has enough rainfall to allow...
Definitions
- An arid habitat that has enough rainfall to allow...
Ancestry of “subdesert”, step by step
subdesert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English desert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | desert | That which is deserved or merited; a just... |
| 2 | Middle English | desert | The situation of deserving something; That which... |
| 3 | Old French | desert | desert (desolate terrain) |
| 4 | Latin | dēsertum | a desert, wasteland |
| 5 | Latin | dēsertus | deserted, abandoned, forsaken; having been deserted, etc |
| 6 | Latin | dēserō | to leave, depart, desert, quit |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
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- | — |