Where does “subflaccid” come from?
subflaccid (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.
subflaccid (English): Almost or not entirely flaccid
Definitions
- Almost or not entirely flaccid
Ancestry of “subflaccid”, step by step
subflaccid 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 flaccid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flaccid | Flabby; Soft; floppy; Lacking energy or vigor |
| 2 | Latin | flaccidus | flaccid, flabby, pendulous; languid, feeble, weak |
| 3 | Latin | flacceō | to be flabby or flaccid |
| 4 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |