Where does “subsubchapter” come from?
subsubchapter (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.
subsubchapter (English): A subsection of a subchapter; a subsection of a subsection of a chapter
Definitions
- A subsection of a subchapter; a subsection of a subsection of a chapter
Ancestry of “subsubchapter”, step by step
subsubchapter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 2 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 3 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 4 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 5 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 6 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via English subchapter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | subchapter | A subsection of a chapter |
| 2 | English | chapter | One of the main sections into which the text of a... |
| 3 | Middle English | chapiter | — |
| 4 | Old French | chapitre | chapter |
| 5 | Latin | capitulum | A head-like object or structure; A chapter,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |