Where does “submicrojansky” come from?
submicrojansky (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.
submicrojansky (English): Having a flux density of less than a microjansky
Definitions
- Having a flux density of less than a microjansky
Ancestry of “submicrojansky”, step by step
submicrojansky 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 microjansky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | microjansky | A unit of flux density equal to one millionth of... |
| 2 | English | jansky | A non-SI unit measuring electromagnetic flux... |
| 3 | Czech | Jan | John |
| 4 | Old Czech | [[Jan]], [[Ján]] | — |
| 5 | Latin | Joannes | — |