Where does “subsample” come from?
Subsample comes from English sample combined with the prefix sub-, from Latin sub meaning under, traced through Proto-Italic supo to Proto-Indo-European upo.
subsample (English): A smaller portion of an original sample, created...
Definitions
- A smaller portion of an original sample, created...
Ancestry of “subsample”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sample | A part or snippet of something taken or presented... |
| 2 | Middle English | saumple | exemplar, illustration, demonstration; parable;... |
| 3 | Old French | essample | Alternative form of essainple; example |
| 4 | Latin | exemplum | a sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,... |
| 5 | Latin | eximō | to take out, take away, remove or extract |
| 6 | Latin | emo | I buy, purchase; I acquire, procure |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | emō | to buy, to purchase |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁em- | to take; to distribute |