Where does “subviable” come from?
subviable (English) comes from English viable, from French viable, from French vie, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō — to live.
subviable (English): Less than normally viable
Definitions
- Less than normally viable
Ancestry of “subviable”, step by step
subviable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English viable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | viable | Able to live on its own; Able to be done,... |
| 2 | French | viable | viable, feasible |
| 3 | French | vie | life, the state of organisms prior to death;... |
| 4 | Old French | vie | life |
| 5 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 6 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 7 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 8 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
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- | — |