Where does “subunitary” come from?

subunitary (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.

subunitary (English): Of or relating to a subunit; Of a magnitude of...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a subunit; Of a magnitude of...

Ancestry of “subunitary”, step by step

subunitary 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 unitary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunitaryHaving the quality of oneness; That concentrates...
2EnglishunitOneness, singularity, seen as a component of a...
3EnglishuniteTo bring together as one; To come together as...
4Middle Englishunitento annex; to unite
5Latinūnītusunited
6Latinūniōa unity, union
7Latin-iō
8Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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