Where does “subtriple” come from?

subtriple (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.

subtriple (English): Containing a third, or one part to three

Definitions

  1. Containing a third, or one part to three

Ancestry of “subtriple”, step by step

subtriple 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 triple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtripleMade up of three related elements, often...
2Middle Englishtriple
3Latintriplusthreefold, triple
4Proto-Italic*triplosthreefold, triple
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-