Where does “subsect” come from?
subsect (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.
subsect (English): A secondary or subsidiary sect
Definitions
- A secondary or subsidiary sect
Ancestry of “subsect”, step by step
subsect 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 sect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sect | An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing... |
| 2 | Middle English | secte | A variety or sort; a category with a... |
| 3 | Old French | secte | a sect in philosophy or religion |
| 4 | Late Latin | secta | a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,... |
| 5 | Latin | sequi | present active infinitive of sequor; follow, come... |
| 6 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |