Where does “subkiloton” come from?
subkiloton (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.
subkiloton (English): Below one kiloton
Definitions
- Below one kiloton
Ancestry of “subkiloton”, step by step
subkiloton 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 kiloton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kiloton | A measure of the strength of an explosion or a... |
| 2 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 3 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 4 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 5 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 7 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |