Where does “subgrammatical” come from?
subgrammatical (English) comes from English grammatical, from Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticalis, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
subgrammatical (English): Using substandard grammar; less than grammatically correct
Definitions
- Using substandard grammar; less than grammatically correct
Ancestry of “subgrammatical”, step by step
subgrammatical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grammatical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grammatical | Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or... |
| 2 | Middle French | grammatical | — |
| 3 | Latin | grammaticalis | grammatical; of or pertaining to grammar |
| 4 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | 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- | — |