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Where does “subequal” come from?

subequal (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.

subequal (English): Nearly equal; Describing a set of numbers, none...

Definitions

  1. Nearly equal; Describing a set of numbers, none...

Ancestry of “subequal”, step by step

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...
7Latinstātus—
8Latinstō—
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “subequal”

  • subequally
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