Etymograph

English

subintroduce

Subintroduce comes from Latin subintrōdūcō ‘introduce in secret’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubintrōdūcō‘introduce in secret’
  2. Englishearliest quotation a. 1641subintroduce

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubintrōdūcō‘introduce in secret’
  2. Englishearliest quotation a. 1641subintroduce

Earliest quotation: a. 1641, Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon. (1642): “The onely true God,…no supposed,…subintroducted God or Gods.”

Equivalent to sub- + introduce

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin intrōdūcō ‘to lead in’

Old French introduire

Middle English introducen

English introduce

Every English word from Latin subintrōdūcō

Today it means

verb To introduce in a secret or subtle manner.

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

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