Where does “submunicipality” come from?
submunicipality (English) comes from English municipality, from French municipalité, from French municipal, from Latin mūnicipālis, from Latin mūnicipium, from Latin mūniceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes — to seize, hold.
submunicipality (English): A municipality subdivision
Definitions
- A municipality subdivision
Ancestry of “submunicipality”, step by step
submunicipality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English municipality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | municipality | A district with a government that typically... |
| 2 | French | municipalité | municipality; town council, city council |
| 3 | French | municipal | municipal |
| 4 | Latin | mūnicipālis | municipal |
| 5 | Latin | mūnicipium | township |
| 6 | Latin | mūniceps | citizen (of a municipium) |
| 7 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 8 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
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- | — |