Where does “submoron” come from?

submoron (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.

submoron (English): A person whose intellect is less than that of a moron

Definitions

  1. A person whose intellect is less than that of a moron

Ancestry of “submoron”, step by step

submoron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
2EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
3Middle Englishsubstituten
4Latinsubstitutussubstituted
5LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
6LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
7Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
8Latinstōto stand
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

via English moron

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoronA stupid person; an idiot; a fool; A person of...
2Ancient Greekμωρόςslow, sluggish; slow, dull, foolish, stupid;...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmuHrósdull, stupid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-