Where does “subsagittal” come from?
subsagittal (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.
subsagittal (English): Positioned below or posterior to the standard sagittal plane
Definitions
- Positioned below or posterior to the standard sagittal plane
Ancestry of “subsagittal”, step by step
subsagittal 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 sagittal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sagittal | In the direction from dorsal to ventral; Of or... |
| 2 | Latin | sagittālis | of or pertaining to an arrow |
| 3 | Latin | Sagitta | the Arrow, Sagitta |
| 4 | Latin | sagitta | arrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the... |