English
subindicator
From sub- + indicator.
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 dīcō ‘to say, talk, speak, utter, mention’
Latin index ‘a pointer, indicator’
Latin indicō ‘point out’
Late Latin indicātor ‘one who points out’
English indicator
Today it means
noun A subordinate indicator
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subindicator