Where does “submaintenance” come from?
submaintenance (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.
submaintenance (English): Not enough to maintain an animal's condition
Definitions
- Not enough to maintain an animal's condition
Ancestry of “submaintenance”, step by step
submaintenance 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 maintenance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maintenance | Actions performed to keep some machine or system... |
| 2 | Middle English | mayntenaunce | — |
| 3 | Old French | maintenance | — |
| 4 | Old French | maintenir | to maintain |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | manuteneo | I support, maintain |
| 6 | Latin | manu | ablative singular of manus; by hand; with the... |
| 7 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |