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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsumA quantity obtained by addition or aggregation;...
2Khmerwhite
3Chinese
4EnglishSueA Mary Sue
5Middle Englishseuen
6Anglo-Normansuernominative singular of seror; to dry
7Old Frenchsivreto follow
8Vulgar Latinsequereto follow; second-person singular future active...
9LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
10Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
11Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
12Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

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-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetorEvery word from Proto-Italic sekʷōr