Where does “subnarrative” come from?
subnarrative (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.
subnarrative (English): A narrative making up part of a larger narrative
Definitions
- A narrative making up part of a larger narrative
Ancestry of “subnarrative”, step by step
subnarrative 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 narrative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | narrative | Telling a story; Overly talkative; garrulous; Of... |
| 2 | Middle French | narratif | — |
| 3 | Latin | nārrātīvus | — |
| 4 | Latin | narro | I narrate, recount; I report; I tell, speak |
| 5 | Latin | nārō | that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Neretva or Narenta |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnārāō | I make known, I tell; to make known, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃ro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |