English

subcase

From sub- + case.

Formed from sub- + case

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- ‘to fall’

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Latin cadō ‘to fall’

Latin cāsus ‘a fall; accident, chance’

Old French cas ‘an event’

Middle English cas

English case

Today it means

noun A subdivision of a case.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.