Where does “subquadruple” come from?
subquadruple (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.
subquadruple (English): Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one...
Definitions
- Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one...
Ancestry of “subquadruple”, step by step
subquadruple 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 quadruple
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quadruple | Being four times as long, as big or as many of... |
| 2 | Latin | quadruplus | fourfold, quadruple |
| 3 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 4 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 6 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |