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Where does “subeffect” come from?

subeffect (English) comes from English effect, from Middle English effect, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.

subeffect (English): A secondary or subsidiary effect

Definitions

  1. A secondary or subsidiary effect

Ancestry of “subeffect”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheffectThe result or outcome of a cause; Impression left...
2Middle Englisheffect—
3Old Frencheffecteffect; judgment; decree
4Latineffectusmade out, worked out, completed, finished,...
5Latinefficiō—
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicō—
8Latincommūnis—
9Old Latincom(m)oinis—
10Proto-Italickommoinis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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