Where does “sublibrary” come from?

sublibrary (English) comes 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, from Old Latin loeber — shoe.

sublibrary (English): A library forming part of a larger library; A...

Definitions

  1. A library forming part of a larger library; A...

Ancestry of “sublibrary”, step by step

sublibrary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English library

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlibraryAn institution which holds books and/or other...
2Middle Englishlibrarielibrary, reading room; bookshelf, bookcase;...
3Anglo-Norman Frenchlibrarie
4Old Frenchlibrairielibrary
5Latinlibrariuma bookcase; a library
6Latinlibrariusof or pertaining to books; a scribe, copyist,...
7LatinLīber
8Old Latinloeber
9Frenchloberto lob
10Frenchloblob
11EnglishlobTo throw or hit a ball into the air in a high...
12EnglishlongHaving much distance from one terminating point...
13EnglishlongitudeAngular distance measured west or east of the...
14Old Frenchlongitude
15Latinlongitūdōlength, longitude; longness
16Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
17Latinly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
18Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
19Latincalceusshoe

via English sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
2EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
3Middle Englishsubstituten
4Latinsubstitutussubstituted
5LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
6LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
7Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
8Latinstōto stand
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
Every word from Latin calceus
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