English

subgiant

From sub- + giant.

A compound of sub- + giant

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Ancient Greek γίγας

Latin gigās

Vulgar Latin *gagās

Old French geant

Middle English geaunt ‘a giant’

English giant

Today it means

noun A star that has left the main sequence but has not yet become a true giant star.

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

Etymograph / subgiant