Where does “subundulatory” come from?

subundulatory (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.

subundulatory (English): Less than normally undulatory

Definitions

  1. Less than normally undulatory

Ancestry of “subundulatory”, step by step

subundulatory 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 undulatory

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishundulatoryThat undulates, or that causes undulations
2EnglishundulateTo cause to move in a wavelike motion; To cause...
3Latinundulātusundulated, diversified as with waves, pleated
4Latinundulawavelet; vocative singular of undula; ablative...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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