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

  1. Relating to a subdiscipline

Ancestry of “subdisciplinary”, step by step

subdisciplinary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sub

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

via English disciplinary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdisciplinaryHaving to do with discipline, or with the...
2Medieval Latindisciplinarius
3Latindisciplinateaching, instruction, education; training;...
4Latindiscipulusstudent, pupil, disciple, schoolboy; cadet
5Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
6Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
7Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-