sub-
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Etymology edit
From Latin sub (“under”). Doublet of hypo-.
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sub-
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In Latin, the following sound changes affected "sub-" and cause English borrowings from Latin which contain this prefix to have different forms. Words formed in English using the prefix "sub-" do not exhibit these sound changes. (Combination with 's' involved elision and the other changes involved assimilation.)
- sub + c = suc- (hence succession, from Latin successiō; but e.g. subculture formed in English from sub- + culture)
- sub + p = sup- (support, but subpage)
- sub + c, p or t = sus- (susceptible, suspend, sustain, but subtitle)
- sub + g = sug- (suggestion, but subgroup)
- sub + r = sur- (surrogate, but subroutine)
- sub + f = suf- (suffer, but subfield)
- sub + s(p) = su- (suspect, suspire but subset, subspecies)
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under, beneath
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subsidiary, secondary
almost, nearly
References edit
Further reading edit
- “sub-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “sub-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
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sub-
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- “sub-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sub-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “sub-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sub-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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sub-
- sub-
- Synonym: pod-
- sub- + optimální → suboptimální
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Audio (file)
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sub-
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sub-
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sub-
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From
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- “sub-” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin sub (“under”).
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sub-
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sub-
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- suc- (before c)
- suf- (before f)
- sug- (before g)
- sum- (before m)
- sup- (before p)
- sur- (before r)
- su- (before sp)
- sus- (sometimes before c or t)
Etymology edit
From sub (“under, beneath, below”).
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sub-
- under, sub-
- Attached to verbs, may denote the position or direction of an action
- In compounds, may stand for sub in a prepositional phrase
- sub- (“under”) + terra (“earth”) + -āneus (adjective-forming suffix) → subterrāneus (“subterranean, underground”)
- sub- (“under”) + lūna (“moon”) + -āris (adjective-forming suffix) → sublūnāris (“sublunar, sublunary”)
- Attached to adjectives, creates new adjectives of lesser intensity, having a sense like "somewhat", "slightly", "rather", "-ish"
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sub-
- sub- (under, beneath)
- Synonym: pod-
- sub- (subsidiary, secondary)
- Synonym: pod-
- sub- (almost, nearly)
- Synonym: pod-
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- sub- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
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From Latin sub-. Doublet of so-.
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sub-
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sub-
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sub-
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- “sub-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014