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Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- From Latin sub- (“under”). Doublet of hypo-.
Meanings
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(morpheme) 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.”
2020 March 14, Lindsay del Valle, “36 Spanish Prefixes That Will Increase Your Vocabulary Times 100!”, in Homeschool Spanish Academy:
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(morpheme) Subsidiary, secondary.
subplot
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(morpheme) Almost, nearly.
subequatorial
subconical
Antonyms
Synonyms
hypo- (under) · quasi- (almost) · infra- (under) · pene- (almost) · under- (under)
Translations (71)
fi ala- (almost, nearly) · gl sub- (under, beneath) · cmn 類 /类 (almost, nearly) · nl deel- (subsidiary, secondary) · fa زیرـ (subsidiary, secondary) · hy ստոր- (under, beneath) · es so- (under, beneath) · br eil- (subsidiary, secondary) · cs sub- (under, beneath) · el παρα- (subsidiary, secondary) · fi ala- (under, beneath) · pt so- (under, beneath) · cy is- (almost, nearly) · cmn 近 (almost, nearly) · eo sub- (subsidiary, secondary) · fi ali- (subsidiary, secondary) · de unter- (under, beneath) · el υπο- (under, beneath) · cs pod- (under, beneath) · es sub- (under, beneath) · nb under- (subsidiary, secondary) · unm èkw- (under, beneath) · fa زیرـ (under, beneath) · ca sub- (under, beneath) · pt sub- (subsidiary, secondary) · it sub- (under, beneath) · br is- (under, beneath) · el υπο- (subsidiary, secondary) · es so- (subsidiary, secondary) · ja 亜 (almost, nearly) · nn under- (subsidiary, secondary) · ang under- (under, beneath) · nl sub- (under, beneath) · es sota- (subsidiary, secondary) · nb under- (under, beneath) · ang under- (subsidiary, secondary) · fi ali- (under, beneath) · cmn 子 (under, beneath) · de sub- (under, beneath) · cmn 亞 /亚 (under, beneath) · it sotto- (under, beneath) · cmn 副 (subsidiary, secondary) · cy is- (under, beneath) · pl sub- (almost, nearly) · fr sub- (under, beneath) · ru суб- (under, beneath) · ru суб- (almost, nearly) · pl pod- (under, beneath) · es soto- (under, beneath) · es sub- (subsidiary, secondary) · pl pod- (subsidiary, secondary) · hy ենթա- (under, beneath) · es sota- (under, beneath) · es soto- (subsidiary, secondary) · fr sous- (under, beneath) · pt sub- (under, beneath) · ru под- (under, beneath) · cy is- (subsidiary, secondary) · nn under- (under, beneath) · br bes- (subsidiary, secondary) · nl onder- (under, beneath) · he תַּת־ (under, beneath) · hu szub- (under, beneath) · ms sub- (under, beneath) · gd fo- (under, beneath) · sv under- (under, beneath) · io sub- (under, beneath) · gl sub- (subsidiary, secondary) · fi ala- (subsidiary, secondary) · gd frith- (under, beneath) · fi ali- (almost, nearly)