Where does “subheadquarters” come from?
subheadquarters (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.
subheadquarters (English): A lesser or subsidiary headquarters
Definitions
- A lesser or subsidiary headquarters
Ancestry of “subheadquarters”, step by step
subheadquarters 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 headquarters
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | headquarters | The military installation from which troops are... |
| 2 | English | quarters | plural of quarter; Housing, barracks or other... |
| 3 | English | quarter | "A fourth part of something."; "Place or... |
| 4 | Middle English | quarter | A quarter fourth part of something |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | quarter | — |
| 6 | Latin | quartarius | quartarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L |
| 7 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |