English

subclaim

From sub- + claim.

Formed from sub- + claim

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to shout’

Latin clāmō ‘to call’

Old French clamer ‘to call’

Middle English claimen

English claim

The story

From sub- + claim.

noun A claim forming part of a larger claim.

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

Etymograph / subclaim