Where does “subpubescent” come from?
subpubescent (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.
subpubescent (English): Almost or imperfectly pubescent
Definitions
- Almost or imperfectly pubescent
Ancestry of “subpubescent”, step by step
subpubescent 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 pubescent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pubescent | At or just after the age of puberty; Covered with... |
| 2 | Middle French | pubescent | — |
| 3 | Latin | pubescens | ripening; hairy |
| 4 | Latin | pubesco | I become pubescent; I ripen, mature |
| 5 | Latin | -ēscō | Attaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ēskō | — |