English

subimpose

From sub- + impose.

Formed from sub- + impose

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’

Middle French imposer

Middle English imposen ‘to place, set’

Today it means

verb To impose below, beneath or underneath something else.

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

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