Where does “subgrammar” come from?
subgrammar (English) comes from English grammar, from Middle English gramer, from Old French gramaire, from Vulgar Latin *grammāria, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
subgrammar (English): A grammar that makes up part of a larger grammar;...
Definitions
- A grammar that makes up part of a larger grammar;...
Ancestry of “subgrammar”, step by step
subgrammar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grammar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grammar | A system of rules and principles for speaking and... |
| 2 | Middle English | gramer | grammar; Latin |
| 3 | Old French | gramaire | grammar; grimoire; magician; conjuror |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *grammāria | — |
| 5 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
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- | — |