Where does “subformat” come from?

subformat (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.

subformat (English): A subsidiary format

Definitions

  1. A subsidiary format

Ancestry of “subformat”, step by step

subformat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sub

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...
7Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
8Latinstōto stand
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

via English format

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishformatThe layout of a publication or document; The form...
2Frenchformatformat
3GermanFormatstature
4Latinformatusshaped, formed, fashioned, formatted
5Latinfōrmōto shape, form, fashion, format
6Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
7Etruscanmorma
8Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-