English

subindication

From sub- + indication.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out, to show’

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Latin index ‘a pointer, indicator’

Latin indicō ‘point out, indicate, show’

Latin indicātiō ‘a showing, indicating the value of something’

Old French indication

Today it means

noun The act of subindicating; a slight or hinted indication.

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

Etymograph / subindication