Etymology

subdimension

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Today it means: A secondary or subsidiary dimension. Full definition →

English dimension ← Latin dīmēnsiō ← Proto-Italic *mētis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  13. Proto-Italic*mētis
  14. Latinmētior
  15. Latindīmētior
  16. Latindīmēnsiō
  17. Englishdimension
  18. English todaysubdimension

From sub- + dimension.

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