Where does “subfemtoliter” come from?
subfemtoliter (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.
subfemtoliter (English): That employs volumes of liquid less than one femtoliter
Definitions
- That employs volumes of liquid less than one femtoliter
Ancestry of “subfemtoliter”, step by step
subfemtoliter 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 femtoliter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | femtoliter | A unit of volume equal to 10 liters |
| 2 | English | liter | Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter |