English

subidentity

From sub- + identity.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin idem ‘the same’

Late Latin idemptitās

Middle French identité

Middle English ydemptite

Today it means

noun An identity that makes up part of a larger identity.

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

Etymograph / subidentity