English
subcontinental
From sub- + continental.
A compound of sub- + continental
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a subcontinent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subcontinental