English

subcomment

From sub- + comment.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin commentum ‘invention, fabrication’

Late Latin commentum ‘comment, interpretation’

Old French coment ‘commentary’

Middle English coment

Today it means

noun A comment posted on a forum etc. that is hierarchically beneath another comment, and usually in reply to it.

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

Etymograph / subcomment