Where does “subindustry” come from?
subindustry (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.
subindustry (English): An industry that makes up part of a larger...
Definitions
- An industry that makes up part of a larger...
Ancestry of “subindustry”, step by step
subindustry 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 industry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | industry | The tendency to work persistently. Diligence;... |
| 2 | Middle English | industry | — |
| 3 | Old French | industrie | — |
| 4 | Latin | industria | diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;... |
| 5 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 6 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |