English

subdisciplinary

From sub- + disciplinary.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin discipulus ‘student, pupil, disciple, schoolboy’

Latin disciplina ‘instruction, teaching, field of study, habit’

Medieval Latin disciplinarius

Today it means

adj Relating to a subdiscipline.

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

Etymograph / subdisciplinary