Where does “sublustrous” come from?
sublustrous (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.
sublustrous (English): Less than normally lustrous
Definitions
- Less than normally lustrous
Ancestry of “sublustrous”, step by step
sublustrous 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 lustrous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lustrous | Having a glow or lustre; As if shining with a... |
| 2 | English | lustre | Alternative form of luster; The way in which the... |
| 3 | Middle French | lustre | lustre; shine |
| 4 | Italian | lustro | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Italian | lustrare | to polish, shine |
| 6 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 7 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 8 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |