Where does “submystery” come from?
submystery (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.
submystery (English): A mystery making up part of a larger mystery
Definitions
- A mystery making up part of a larger mystery
Ancestry of “submystery”, step by step
submystery 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 mystery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mystery | Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown;... |
| 2 | Middle English | mysterie | Obscure or esoteric religious teachings or... |
| 3 | Old French | mistere | mystery |
| 4 | Latin | mystērium | mystery (secret rite or worship) |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μυστήριον | revealed secret; mystery, secret; object used in... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μύστης | one who has been initiated, initiate |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μυέω | I initiate |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |