Etymology

subeffective

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Today it means: Below the threshold where an effect would be produced. Full definition →

English effective ← French effectif ← Latin effectīvu
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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*h₁éǵʰ
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  8. Proto-Italic*eks
  9. Latinex
  10. Latinex-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  14. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  15. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  16. Latinfaciō
  17. Latinefficiō
  18. Latineffectīvu
  19. Frencheffectif
  20. Englisheffective
  21. English todaysubeffective

From sub- + effective.

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