Where does “submonolayer” come from?
submonolayer (English) comes from English monolayer, from English layer, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid, from English celluloid.
submonolayer (English): Beneath a monolayer; An atomic surface coverage...
Definitions
- Beneath a monolayer; An atomic surface coverage...
Ancestry of “submonolayer”, step by step
submonolayer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English monolayer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | monolayer | A layer of material that is one molecule thick; A... |
| 2 | English | layer | A single thickness of some material covering a... |
| 3 | English | lay | To place down in a position of rest, or in a... |
| 4 | English | Lee | for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag) |
| 5 | Irish | Laoi | lay, song |
| 6 | Middle Irish | láed | — |
| 7 | English | loid | A lock-picking tool made from a piece of... |
| 8 | English | celluloid | Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from... |
| 9 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 10 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 11 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 12 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 13 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
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- | — |