Where does “subradiate” come from?
subradiate (English) comes from English radiate, from French radial, from German radial, from Italian radiale, from Spanish radial, from Spanish radio, from French radium, from French radioactif — deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;...
subradiate (English): Imperfectly radiate
Definitions
- Imperfectly radiate
Ancestry of “subradiate”, step by step
subradiate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English radiate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radiate | To extend, send or spread out from a center like... |
| 2 | French | radial | radial |
| 3 | German | radial | radial; radially |
| 4 | Italian | radiale | radial; radial, radial tire; radial, radius bone |
| 5 | Spanish | radial | radial; of or pertaining to radio; radian |
| 6 | Spanish | radio | radio; radius; radium |
| 7 | French | radium | radium |
| 8 | French | radioactif | radioactive |
| 9 | French | actif | active; asset; top |
| 10 | Old French | actif | active |
| 11 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
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- | — |