Where does “submucously” come from?
submucously (English) comes from English submucous, from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus.
submucously (English): Under a mucous membrane
Ancestry of “submucously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | submucous | Situated under a mucous membrane |
| 2 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 3 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 4 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 5 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 6 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 7 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 8 | Latin | stātus | — |
| 9 | Latin | stō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |