Where does “subyacer” come from?

subyacer (Spanish) comes from Latin subiaceo, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

subyacer (Spanish): to underlie

Definitions

  1. to underlie

Ancestry of “subyacer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsubiaceoI lie beneath or near; I am under or subject to;...
2Latiniaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline
3Latin-eō
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin iaceō
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