Where does “subpurchaser” come from?
subpurchaser (English) comes from English purchaser, from English purchase, from Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
subpurchaser (English): A purchaser who buys from another purchaser; one...
Definitions
- A purchaser who buys from another purchaser; one...
Ancestry of “subpurchaser”, step by step
subpurchaser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English purchaser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | purchaser | One who purchases |
| 2 | English | purchase | The acquisition of title to, or property in,... |
| 3 | Middle English | purchasen | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | purchacer | seek to obtain; Alternative form of porchacier;... |
| 5 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 6 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 7 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 8 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
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- | — |