Where does “subfaculty” come from?
subfaculty (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.
subfaculty (English): A subordinate or secondary faculty
Definitions
- A subordinate or secondary faculty
Ancestry of “subfaculty”, step by step
subfaculty 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 faculty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | faculty | The academic staff at schools, colleges,... |
| 2 | Middle English | faculte | Power, skill, capability, capacity; the amount... |
| 3 | Old French | faculte | — |
| 4 | Latin | facultās | ability to do any thing easily, skill, capacity, power |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fakelitāts | — |