Where does “subthreshold” come from?
Subthreshold combines English sub, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upo, meaning "under," with threshold, from Proto-Germanic þreskaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁-, meaning "to thresh."
subthreshold (English): Describing a stimulus that is not strong enough...
Definitions
- Describing a stimulus that is not strong enough...
Ancestry of “subthreshold”, step by step
subthreshold 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 threshold
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | threshold | The bottom-most part of a doorway that one... |
| 2 | Middle English | threschwolde | A door-sill; the bottom board of a door; An... |
| 3 | Old English | þresċold | doorsill, entryway |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þreskwaþluz | threshold |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þreskaną | to thresh |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |