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sub-

prefix
/sʌb/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- From Latin sub- (“under”). Doublet of hypo-.

  1. derived from sub- — “under”

Definitions

  1. Under, beneath.

    • subterranean
    • submarine
    • Contrarily, the prefix “sub-” doesn’t change meaning so much as it provides specificity, as seen in the difference between “title” and “subtitle.”

  2. Subsidiary, secondary.

    • subplot

  3. Almost, nearly.

    • subconical
    • subequatorial

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sub-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA