English
subcriterion
From sub- + criterion.
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’
Ancient Greek κρίνω ‘to judge’
Ancient Greek κριτής ‘judge’
Ancient Greek κριτήριον ‘a test, a means of judging’
New Latin criterion
English criterion
Today it means
noun A secondary or subsidiary criterion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subcriterion