Where does “subgreywacke” come from?
subgreywacke (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.
subgreywacke (English): Alternative form of subgraywacke
Definitions
- Alternative form of subgraywacke
Ancestry of “subgreywacke”, step by step
subgreywacke 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 greywacke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | greywacke | A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular... |
| 2 | English | grauwacke | Greywacke |
| 3 | German | Grauwacke | — |
| 4 | German | Grau | grey |
| 5 | Middle High German | grā | — |
| 6 | Old High German | grāo | grey |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | grēwaz | grey |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |