English

subentity

From sub- + entity.

A compound of sub- + entity

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’

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Old Latin esum

Latin sum ‘to be, exist’

Medieval Latin ēns ‘being’

Medieval Latin entitās

Today it means

noun An entity that makes up part of a larger entity; a component.

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

Etymograph / subentity