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Where does “suborally” come from?

suborally (English) comes from English suboral, from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus.

suborally (English): underneath the mouth

Definitions

  1. underneath the mouth

Ancestry of “suborally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsuboralunderneath the mouth
2EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
3EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
4Middle Englishsubstituten—
5Latinsubstitutussubstituted
6LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
7LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
8Latinstātus—
9Latinstō—
10Proto-Italicstaēōstand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
12Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →