Where does “subtransverse” come from?
subtransverse (English) comes from English transverse, from English -verse, from English Universe, from Middle English universe, from Old French univers, from Latin ūniversum, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
subtransverse (English): Almost or imperfectly transverse
Definitions
- Almost or imperfectly transverse
Ancestry of “subtransverse”, step by step
subtransverse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transverse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transverse | Situated or lying across; side to side, relative... |
| 2 | English | -verse | Forming compound nouns denoting the whole range... |
| 3 | English | Universe | Our universe, the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself |
| 4 | Middle English | universe | The universe; the stars |
| 5 | Old French | univers | the whole world; the whole Earth; universal;... |
| 6 | Latin | ūniversum | — |
| 7 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 8 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
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- | — |