Where does “subsphenoidal” come from?

subsphenoidal (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.

subsphenoidal (English): Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the...

Definitions

  1. Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the...

Ancestry of “subsphenoidal”, step by step

subsphenoidal 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 sphenoidal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsphenoidalSynonym of sphenoid
2EnglishsphenoidHaving a wedged shape; Relating to the compound...
3New LatinsphenoidesShaped like a wedge
4Ancient GreekσφηνοειδήςWedge-shaped
5Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
6Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
8Proto-Indo-European-ess
9Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-