English

subgeneric

From sub- + generic.

A compound of sub- + generic

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race’

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus ‘genus, kind’

Middle French générique

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to a subgenus.

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

Etymograph / subgeneric