Where does “submartingale” come from?
submartingale (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.
submartingale (English): A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is superior or equal to its current value
Definitions
- A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is superior or equal to its current value
Ancestry of “submartingale”, step by step
submartingale 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 martingale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | martingale | A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it... |
| 2 | Middle French | martingale | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | martegalo | — |
| 4 | Latin | maritĭma | — |