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Where does “surface-supplied diving” come from?

surface-supplied diving (English) comes from English supply, from English supple, from Middle English souple, from Old French souple, from Latin supplex, from Latin supplicō, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

surface-supplied diving (English): A form of deep diving using an umbilical that...

Definitions

  1. A form of deep diving using an umbilical that...

Ancestry of “surface-supplied diving”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsupplyTo provide , to make available for use; To...
2Englishsupplepliant, flexible, easy to bend; lithe and agile...
3Middle Englishsoupleflexible; supple
4Old Frenchsouplesupple
5Latinsupplexkneeling; begging; suppliant
6Latinsupplicō—
7Latinsub-sub-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →