Where does “subdisciplinary” come from?
subdisciplinary (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.
subdisciplinary (English): Relating to a subdiscipline
Definitions
- Relating to a subdiscipline
Ancestry of “subdisciplinary”, step by step
subdisciplinary 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 disciplinary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disciplinary | Having to do with discipline, or with the... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | disciplinarius | — |
| 3 | Latin | disciplina | teaching, instruction, education; training;... |
| 4 | Latin | discipulus | student, pupil, disciple, schoolboy; cadet |
| 5 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |