Where does “subscalar” come from?

subscalar (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.

subscalar (English): restricted to an invariant subspace (of a scalar operator)

Definitions

  1. restricted to an invariant subspace (of a scalar operator)

Ancestry of “subscalar”, step by step

subscalar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
2EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
3Middle Englishsubstituten
4Latinsubstitutussubstituted
5LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
6LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
7Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
8Latinstōto stand
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

via English scalar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscalarHaving magnitude but not direction; Consisting of...
2LatinscālārisOf, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yetiEvery word from Proto-Italic staēō