Where does “subsedative” come from?
subsedative (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.
subsedative (English): Less than would cause sedation
Definitions
- Less than would cause sedation
Ancestry of “subsedative”, step by step
subsedative 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 sedative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sedative | An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming... |
| 2 | Middle English | sedatif | sedative |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | sedativus | — |
| 4 | Latin | sedatus | allayed, calmed, appeased; ended |
| 5 | Latin | sedo | I allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease;... |
| 6 | Latin | sedeō | to sit, to be seated |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |