Where does “sublibrarian” come from?
sublibrarian (English) comes from English librarian, from English library, from Middle English librarie, from Anglo-Norman French librarie, from Old French librairie, from Latin librarium, from Latin librarius, from Latin Līber — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
sublibrarian (English): An under or assistant librarian
Definitions
- An under or assistant librarian
Ancestry of “sublibrarian”, step by step
sublibrarian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English librarian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | librarian | The keeper, manager of a library; One who cares... |
| 2 | English | library | An institution which holds books and/or other... |
| 3 | Middle English | librarie | library, reading room; bookshelf, bookcase;... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman French | librarie | — |
| 5 | Old French | librairie | library |
| 6 | Latin | librarium | a bookcase; a library |
| 7 | Latin | librarius | of or pertaining to books; a scribe, copyist,... |
| 8 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 10 | French | lober | to lob |
| 11 | French | lob | lob |
| 12 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 13 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 14 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 15 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 16 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 17 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 18 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 19 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
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- | — |