Where does “subperpendicular” come from?

subperpendicular (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.

subperpendicular (English): Almost or imperfectly perpendicular

Definitions

  1. Almost or imperfectly perpendicular

Ancestry of “subperpendicular”, step by step

subperpendicular 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 perpendicular

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishperpendicularat or forming a right angle; Exactly upright;...
2Middle Frenchperpendiculaire
3Old Frenchperpendiculer
4Latinperpendiculumplumbline, plummet
5Latin-culumnominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative...
6Proto-Italic-klom
7Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
8Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
9Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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