Where does “subsum” come from?
subsum (English) comes from English sum, from Khmer ស, from Chinese 蘇, from English Sue, from Middle English seuen, from Anglo-Norman suer, from Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin sequere — to follow; to see; to say.
subsum (English): The sum of a subset of values
Definitions
- The sum of a subset of values
Ancestry of “subsum”, step by step
subsum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sum | A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation;... |
| 2 | Khmer | ស | white |
| 3 | Chinese | 蘇 | — |
| 4 | English | Sue | A Mary Sue |
| 5 | Middle English | seuen | — |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 7 | Old French | sivre | to follow |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | sequere | to follow; second-person singular future active... |
| 9 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
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- | — |