Where does “substation” come from?
Substation derives from English sub- combined with station, which comes from Latin stāre meaning "to stand," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- with the same sense.
substation (English): A site where electricity supplied by...
Definitions
- A site where electricity supplied by...
Ancestry of “substation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | station | A stopping place; A place where workers are... |
| 2 | Middle English | estacioun | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | estation | garrison; pause; break; visit to a church for... |
| 4 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |