Where does “subolfactory” come from?
subolfactory (English) comes from English olfactory, from Latin olfactorius, from Latin olfactus, from Latin olfaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
subolfactory (English): Underneath the olfactory organ
Definitions
- Underneath the olfactory organ
Ancestry of “subolfactory”, step by step
subolfactory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English olfactory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | olfactory | Concerning the sense of smell; An olfactory... |
| 2 | Latin | olfactorius | Of or pertaining to smell or to one who smells |
| 3 | Latin | olfactus | smelled, scented; smelling; sense of smell |
| 4 | Latin | olfaciō | to smell, scent |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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- | — |