English

subleader

From sub- + leader.

Formed from sub- + leader

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī ‘one who leads’

Old English lǣdere ‘one who leads’

Middle English ledere ‘an officer or general’

Today it means

noun A secondary leader.

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

Etymograph / subleader