Where does “subsemicircular” come from?
subsemicircular (English) comes from English semicircular, from English circular, from Middle English circuler, from Old French circulier, from Latin circulāris, from Latin circulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
subsemicircular (English): Less than semicircular
Definitions
- Less than semicircular
Ancestry of “subsemicircular”, step by step
subsemicircular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English semicircular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | semicircular | In the shape of half of a circle or a semicircle |
| 2 | English | circular | Of or relating to a circle; In the shape of, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | circuler | — |
| 4 | Old French | circulier | — |
| 5 | Latin | circulāris | circular, round |
| 6 | Latin | circulus | circle; An orbit; A ring, hoop |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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- | — |