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Where does “subspace” come from?

Subspace derives from English space, which comes from Latin spatium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-, meaning to stretch or extend.

subspace (English): A subset of a space which is a space in its own...

Definitions

  1. A subset of a space which is a space in its own...

Ancestry of “subspace”, step by step

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...
7Latinstātus—
8Latinstō—
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “subspace”

  • eigensubspace
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →