Where does “subdialog” come from?
subdialog (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.
subdialog (English): Below the level of dialog; A dialog making up...
Definitions
- Below the level of dialog; A dialog making up...
Ancestry of “subdialog”, step by step
subdialog traces back through two 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 dialog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dialog | A conversation or other form of discourse between... |
| 2 | Middle English | dialog | A literary discussion or a work written as one;... |
| 3 | Old French | dialoge | — |
| 4 | Latin | dialogus | discussion, conversation, dialogue |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διάλογος | conversation, dialogue |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διαλέγω | to choose, gather, pick (out), select |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |