Where does “subexponentiality” come from?
subexponentiality (English) comes from English exponentiality, from English exponential, from French exponentiel, from French -iel, from French -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
subexponentiality (English): The quality of being subexponential
Definitions
- The quality of being subexponential
Ancestry of “subexponentiality”, step by step
subexponentiality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exponentiality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exponentiality | The condition of being exponential; The degree to... |
| 2 | English | exponential | Relating to an exponent; Expressed in terms of a... |
| 3 | French | exponentiel | exponential |
| 4 | French | -iel | Suffix used to form adjectives. Compare with... |
| 5 | French | -el | To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al |
| 6 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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- | — |