Where does “subsquamous” come from?

subsquamous (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.

subsquamous (English): Beneath the squamosal bone

Definitions

  1. Beneath the squamosal bone

Ancestry of “subsquamous”, step by step

subsquamous 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 squamous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsquamousCovered with, made of, or resembling scales;...
2Latinsquāmōsusscaly
3Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
4Old Latin-ōssus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yetiEvery word from Proto-Italic staēō