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Where does “substage” come from?

substage (English) comes from English stage, from French stage, from Old French estation, from Latin statiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

substage (English): The stage, below the main stage of a microscope,...

Definitions

  1. The stage, below the main stage of a microscope,...

Ancestry of “substage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstageA phase; A platform; a surface, generally...
2Frenchstageinternship, job that a trainee is doing in a...
3Old Frenchestationgarrison; pause; break; visit to a church for...
4Latinstatiō—
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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