Where does “subprimate” come from?
subprimate (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.
subprimate (English): Any mammal that is not a primate
Definitions
- Any mammal that is not a primate
Ancestry of “subprimate”, step by step
subprimate 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 primate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | primate | A mammal of the order "Primates", including... |
| 2 | French | primate | primate mammal |
| 3 | Latin | prīmās | one of the first or principal, chief, excellent, noble; alternative form of prīmus |
| 4 | Latin | -ās | Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place |
| 5 | Latin | -ātis | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |