English

subinstance

From sub- + instance.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Latin stō ‘to stand’

Latin īnstō ‘to stand upon; to press’

Latin īnstantia ‘presence; urgency’

Middle French instance

Today it means

noun A secondary or subsidiary instance.

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

Etymograph / subinstance