Where does “subelectorate” come from?
subelectorate (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.
subelectorate (English): A subset of the electorate
Definitions
- A subset of the electorate
Ancestry of “subelectorate”, step by step
subelectorate 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 electorate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | electorate | The dominion of an Elector in the Holy Roman... |
| 2 | English | elector | A person eligible to vote in an election; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | electour | one with a right to vote in electing some office,... |
| 4 | Latin | elector | chooser, selector; voter, elector |
| 5 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |