Sub-
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The English prefix sub- first appeared in the Middle English period and seems to have been borrowed directly from Latin[citation needed], although it previously existed in words borrowed from Old French. In Latin it was both a prefix and a preposition and they both had meanings (that survive in English) ranging from
- 1. "under, beneath" (examples: subterranean, submarine)
- 2. "subsidiary, secondary" (example: subplot)
- 3. "almost, nearly" (example: subhuman)
[edit] Forms
- Its variant forms are: (combination with 's' involves elision and the rest involve assimilation)
- sub + c = suc- (example succession)
- sub + f = suf- (example suffer)
- sub + g = sug- (example suggestion)
- sub + p = sup- (example support)
- sub + r = sur- (example resurrection)
- sub + s = su- (example suspect)
