Where does “subpassage” come from?

subpassage (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.

subpassage (English): The passage (movement) of a strain of microorganism through the gut of an animal in order to increase its virulence

Definitions

  1. The passage (movement) of a strain of microorganism through the gut of an animal in order to increase its virulence

Ancestry of “subpassage”, step by step

subpassage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
2EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
3Middle Englishsubstituten
4Latinsubstitutussubstituted
5LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
6LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
7Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
8Latinstōto stand
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

via English passage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpassageDescribing a bird that has left the nest, is...
2FrenchpassagerPassenger; Traveller; Whose presence in a...
3FrenchpassageThe act of going through a place or event; The...
4Frenchpasserto go past; to cross; to pass
5Middle Frenchpasserto pass; to go by
6Old Frenchpasserto pass; to pass by
7Vulgar Latinpassareto walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active...
8Latinpassusspread out; dried; step
9LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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