English
sub
* Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-.
Another origin of sub
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*upó‘up; from below’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*supo‘under’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsub‘under, beneath’
- Englishtodaysub
Today it means
noun To substitute for.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / sub