English
subclerk
From sub- + clerk.
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Ancient Greek κλῆρος ‘a lot’
Ancient Greek κληρικός ‘of the clergy’
Late Latin clēricus ‘priest, clergyman, cleric”, also generally…’
Old English clerc ‘clergyman, clerk’
Middle English clerc ‘a clergyman, usually in Christianity’
English clerk
Today it means
noun A subordinate clerk; an underclerk.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subclerk