Where does “subtrifid” come from?

subtrifid (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.

subtrifid (English): Almost trifid

Definitions

  1. Almost trifid

Ancestry of “subtrifid”, step by step

subtrifid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-

via English trifid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrifidDivided into three lobes
2Latintrifiduscleft into three; three-pronged
3Latin-fidusfid, forming adjectives meaning "cleft" or "split"
4Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
6Proto-Italic-os
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yetiEvery word from Proto-Italic staēō