English

subcommand

From sub- + command.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin commendō ‘to commend, entrust’

Late Latin commandō

Old French comander ‘to command’

Middle English commanden

Today it means

noun A command that is subordinate to another.

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

Etymograph / subcommand