Where does “subsetting” come from?

subsetting (English) comes from English subset, from English seṭ, from English sept, from English sect, from Middle English secte, from Old French secte, from Late Latin secta, from Latin sequi — to follow; to see; to say.

subsetting (English): present participle of subset; The production of a...

Definitions

  1. present participle of subset; The production of a...

Ancestry of “subsetting”, step by step

subsetting traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English subset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubsetA set "A" such that every element of "A" is also...
2Englishseṭof a root, having a final "i" sound in certain...
3EnglishseptA clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a...
4EnglishsectAn offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing...
5Middle EnglishsecteA variety or sort; a category with a...
6Old Frenchsectea sect in philosophy or religion
7Late Latinsectaa sect in philosophy or religion, a school,...
8Latinsequipresent active infinitive of sequor; follow, come...
9LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
10Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
11Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
12Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

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 ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingA meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;...
2Middle Englishing
3Old Englishingmeadow, water meadow, ing
4Old Norseengmeadow
5Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-