Where does “submediocrity” come from?
submediocrity (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.
submediocrity (English): Very inferior quality, worse than mediocrity
Definitions
- Very inferior quality, worse than mediocrity
Ancestry of “submediocrity”, step by step
submediocrity 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 mediocrity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mediocrity | The quality of being intermediate between two... |
| 2 | Middle French | médiocrité | — |
| 3 | Latin | mediocritās | a middle state |
| 4 | Latin | mediocris | middling, moderate, medium; tolerable, ordinary,... |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |