Where does “subseries” come from?

subseries (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.

subseries (English): A series forming part of a larger series

Definitions

  1. A series forming part of a larger series

Ancestry of “subseries”, step by step

subseries 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 series

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseriesA number of things that follow on one after the...
2Latinseriēsa row
3Latinserōto sow, plant
4Latinsēruslate, too late
5Proto-Italicswerjos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-yo-s
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-to ache; to fester; wound; injury

Words derived from “subseries

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-