English

subdivine

From sub- + divine.

Formed from sub- + divine

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *dyew- ‘to be bright, to shine’

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Old Latin deivos

Latin divus ‘god’

Latin dīvīnus ‘of a god’

Old French divin

Today it means

adj Imperfectly divine; divine in a partial or lower degree.

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

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