Where does “subheading” come from?
Subheading derives from Latin sub meaning "under" and heading, which comes from Latin sub and Proto-Italic supo, Proto-Indo-European upo, and Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
subheading (English): any of the headings under which each of the main...
Definitions
- any of the headings under which each of the main...
Ancestry of “subheading”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | heading | present participle of head; The title or topic of... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | — |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |