English
subcommission
From sub- + commission.
A compound of sub- + commission
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Latin mittō ‘to send’
Latin committō ‘to join together’
Latin commissiō ‘sending together’
Old French commission
Middle English commissioun
English commission
Today it means
noun A subdivision of a commission
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subcommission