Where does “subdigitately” come from?

subdigitately (English) comes from English subdigitate, from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus.

subdigitately (English): In a subdigitate fashion

Definitions

  1. In a subdigitate fashion

Ancestry of “subdigitately”, step by step

subdigitately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English subdigitate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubdigitatePartially or somewhat digitate
2EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
3EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
4Middle Englishsubstituten
5Latinsubstitutussubstituted
6LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
7LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
8Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
9Latinstōto stand
10Proto-Italicstaēōstand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
12Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yetiEvery word from Proto-Italic staēō
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