Where does “subsurface” come from?
subsurface (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto surfaco, from French surface, from Latin superficiēs, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
subsurface (Esperanto): subsurfacely, below the surface
Definitions
- subsurfacely, below the surface
Ancestry of “subsurface”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | surfaco | surface |
| 2 | French | surface | surface |
| 3 | Latin | superficiēs | the top, surface |
| 4 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |